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 […]
Local Sports
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 […]
Muskie athletes had a welldeserved night of recognition yesterday evening at La Place Rendez- Vous—and a pair of multi-sport stars garnered the most attention. Carling Barton and Kevin Gemmell were named the top female and male athletes of 2002-03 at the first edition of the newlyrevived Fort Frances High School […]
The concept that there’s no room in hockey for fighting isn’t flying in the land of the Falcons. Brad Both will never make the major leagues, but the Barwick native’s penchant for slugging had followers of the Fresno Falcons roaring their approval during this past season in the West Coast […]
Kevin Tysz won’t object if his potential future teammates call him Junior. He’ll just be glad to be on the team. Tysz, who suited up for the start of spring camp for the Muskie football squad Monday afternoon, is now just one good tryout weekend away from making the final […]
The Emo Walleye Classic may have left a lot of people with interesting memories, but for Paul Allan of Emo, it was an experience of a lifetime. On Friday, Allan and his partner, Jim Steele, were on their way downstream from near the dam in Fort Frances when they suddenly […]
