On a sun-soaked day, the Devlin ball diamond was overcome by Shade. Charlotte Bazylewski and Ron Kellar each had four RBIs as the Fort Frances squad racked up nine runs in each of the first two innings to dump Up North (Devlin) 23-10 in the ‘A’ final of a slo-pitch […]
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A one-time only event deserved one breath-taking finish. The foursome of Jeff Ogden, Rick Sekulich, Rob Crowe, and Bryce Coyle won in a playoff over Robert Atatise, Robert Atatise Jr., Scott Bridgeman, and Steve Pruys to capture The Great Centennial Golf Tournament on Sunday at Kitchen Creek. Ogden and his […]
Her favourite player’s on-ice days are behind him, but Heather Ash has a promising future as a bona fide goalie. The 21-year-old Fort Frances native watched her NHL hero, Patrick Roy, hang up the skates for good when he announced his retirement last month. But Ash is only just getting […]
Ray Bedard said he wasn’t going all the way to the land of the leprechaun to come home unlucky and empty-handed. He proved to be a man of his word. Bedard, 44, was up to the task of competing against the best of the best, winning a silver medal in […]
If winning one medal was thrilling for Ray Bedard, earning two must have been overwhelming. The Fort Frances resident returned to the podium over the weekend when he won bronze in the 200m dash at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Dublin, Ireland. With a time of 30.15 in […]
Young sailors, be advised: your ship will cast off one day late. The Best-Ever Ontario Optimist Mobile (BOOM) program, originally set to run July 1-4 on Sand Bay, now will begin Wednesday (July 2) and last until Saturday (July 5). The times for the sessions will remain from 9 a.m.-4 […]
The best athletes in the world find that extra gear when it matters most. Ray Bedard followed that formula to perfection. The Fort Frances resident soared to new heights yesterday with a personal best of 4.45 metres to win the silver medal in the long jump event at the Special […]
Somewhere Saturday night, Ed Rea was smiling down on the Emo Speedway with pride. Rea’s son, Dan, paid a fitting tribute to his late father as the Devlin driver charged to victory in the feature race of the street stock class during last week’s Borderland Racing Association action. Ed Rea—a […]
Rainy River wanted to make a statement, but Sight & Sound wasn’t in the mood to listen. Pitcher Warren Voth earned the win as Sight & Sound stretched its lead atop Rainy River District Fastball League with a 9-5 win over second-place Rainy River last Tuesday (June 17). Duane Carlson […]
What was assumed to be a lead pipe cinch just turned into a streetfight, with the all-Ontario high school hockey championship in 2006 at stake. Fort High principal Ian Simpson headed to last week’s OFSAA spring meetings under the assumption that Fort Frances, as the NWOSSAA rep, was almost certain […]
Rob Doucette wasn’t wearing any tie-dyed clothing or sporting a peace symbol on his golf bag, but for one day, he was glad to be back in the 60s. The Elmhurst, Man. native sputtered down the stretch, but held on to shoot a three-under 69 to nip Fort Frances’ Glen […]
Numbers can be deceiving. While registration numbers in the Fort Frances Minor Soccer Association declined this year, vice-president John Pierce said the drop can be attributed not so much to a lack of interest as in the hastened advancement of some of the older players. “Overall, a lot of the […]
