The local Rendezvous Yacht Club has broken the ice on another season of competition, but it will be a slippery task for the various skippers to get a grip on the series championship. Through three races so far this year, Todd Hamilton and his Tanzer 22 boat, “Through,” lead the […]
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He got his trapper on almost everything else sent his way this past season so it was little surprise goalie Dan Hoehne grabbed the highest accolade available on the Borderland Thunder. The Duluth, Mn. native skated away with the Jim Witherspoon Memorial Trophy as the team’s Most Valuable Player during […]
If Curves and Taggs were thinking they could sleepwalk to a pair of championship repeats this season, both Gillons’ teams just gave them a wake-up call. Laureen Cousineau notched a pair of goals as Gillons’ (2-0) toppled the defending women’s league champs 3-2 last Wednesday in Borderland Soccer Association play […]
All her athletic life, Michelle Sawatzky-Koop was labelled as too small. But with undaunted persistence, she proved anyone can walk alongside the giants. The Steinbach, Man. native and former Olympian, as the starting setter with the Canadian women’s national volleyball team, offered a message of hope and hard work while […]
See no losses, hear no losses, speak only of perfection. Sight & Sound (8-0) built upon their fast early-season start with a 4-3 win over Pinewood, then nipped Barwick by a 6-5 margin, to tighten their grip atop the Rainy River District Fastball League. The top guns also posted a […]
Here are the results for the local participants in this last Saturday’s Open Horse Show competition hosted by the Whispering Pines Saddle Club in Emo: 13 and under •Showmanship—1. Kelsey McLean 2. Kali Wieringa 3. Katie Pearce •Western Pleasure—1. Kali Wieringa 2. Kelsey McLean 3. Katie Pearce •Western Horsemanship—1. Kali […]
Alex Parent’s transatlantic expedition produced three personal best times in the pool—and a great time all-around. The 14-year-old member of the Fort Frances Aquanauts was the highlight performer among the eight-person Canadian squad that took part in the DSE National Open disabled swimming championships in Sheffield, England last week. “It […]
Despite the wet weather last Friday, about 90 golfers took part in the annual Confederation College Scholarship Golf Tournament out at Kitchen Creek. In the end, more than $7,000 was raised for the college’s scholarship fund. On the links, the team of Brian Beers, Glenn Jorgenson, Shannon Burton, and Tom […]
Town council approved financing for improvements to the north diamond at the St. Francis Sportsfield during its regular meeting Monday night. The approval is subject to there being requests made to contractors for competitive written bids for the work. The job—which involves converting the diamond to baseball regulation standards—will be […]
A walleye can cover five km pretty quickly, but there was nothing fishy about some local pavement-pounders going that distance themselves Saturday in Baudette. Four of five Fort Frances participants finished in the top three of their respective age groups at the “Willie the Walleye Day” 5K road race. Don […]
Here is a complete list of the award winners from the Muskie athletic banquet last Wednesday night at La Place Rendez-Vous: Individual awards •Douglas Morrow Memorial Award (Grade 12 boy for academic and athletic achievement)—Eric Mosbeck •Brent Ogden Memorial Trophy (sportsmanship and perseverance)—Amanda Allan/Vern Pham •Female rookie of the year—Katie […]
Watch out, world, here comes Raymond Bedard. The Fort Frances resident will be one of 58 athletes sporting Canada’s colours when he leaves this Friday for Dublin, Ireland to compete in the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games on June 20-29. Bedard qualified at last year’s national championships in the […]
