They exploded off the blocks, and did their best to make the road trip worthwhile. A 14-member contingent from the Fort Frances Aquanaut Swim Team put in a team performance riddled with individual personal bests at the sixth-annual Metris M3F Invitational long-course meet in Minneapolis, Mn. June 20-22. Boyd Badiuk, […]
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Ray Bedard not only walked the straight and narrow, he ran and jumped it, too—which is more than he could say for some of his fellow competitors. The 44-year-old Fort Frances resident returned last week from the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Dublin, Ireland with a pair of medals […]
Never judge anyone until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes—or swam a mile in their lake. The thought of taking to the waters of Rainy Lake under strictly human power may be daunting to some, but Heather Dutton met the challenge head on to win her second-straight overall title […]
For Ray Herbert, his second attempt at a firefighter challenge competition went better than the first though he did run into some set backs. Herbert attended a regional event in Thunder Bay last month, taking third place in the volunteer fire fighter category and 22nd overall. “I got beat by […]
A new set of champs were named in the Lake Despair “Castin’ For Cash” live release bass tournament this weekend, as Pat Cross and Keith Cates found fish yesterday— while most others struggled— and vaulted 14 spots for the win. For the duo, it was hard to believe they’d better […]
There’s no better way to finish off an undefeated streak than in a blaze of glory. Fort resident Jared Catholique- Bruyere, 16, capped off a remarkable season by winning the gold medal in the plus-81 category of the Juvenile division at the national judo championships in Toronto this past weekend. […]
The defending champions are back in control. Curves moved into first place with a 2-1 win over second-place Gillons’ on June 18—and maintained their lead this past week in women’s Borderland Soccer Association play. Kate Basaraba had both goals for Curves (6-1) against Gillons’ while Susie Grynol had the lone […]
A trend is starting to establish itself during the Rendezvous Yacht Club’s racing season, and it’s one that works just fine for Ron Bowman and Quinn McCarthy. Bowman sailed off with his third-straight win in the club’s Wednesday night spring racing series June 25 as he guided “In Tune” over […]
The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth will have a Fort Frances feel to it for the second-straight year. Fort Frances natives Dean McLean and his son, Peter, will be back in Cowtown this week taking part in the wild horse racing and wild cow milking competitions at the Calgary Stampede. […]
A pair of local sibling swimmers set the pace for the Fort Frances Aquanauts last weekend at the Man.-Sask. long-course swimming showdown in Regina. Rachel Dutton made four finals, registering a team-best fourth place finish in the girls’ 13-14 800m freestyle race. Her older sister, Heather, splashed her way into […]
It’s time to find out whether Jared Catholique-Bruyere’s remarkable story this season will have a happy ending. The 16-year-old local judoist has pieced together a monumental season—and takes his unbeaten record to Toronto this week for the junior national championships running tomorrow through Saturday. “I’m just concentrating on keeping it […]
The Muskie senior football team will have to be on their ‘A’ game this season—the first half of which will be spent away from the green grass of home. Under the Winnipeg High School Football League’s schedule, released this past week, the black-and-gold won’t host a game until Oct. 3. […]
