It’s been raining for three days and all the Rainy River tributaries are swollen with runoff. The river is the colour of used motor oil and you want to go fishing. What do you do? What patterns do you use to fool old Marble Eyes? If you come to the […]
Local Sports
Longer games that may run in a shorter time was the result of a change adopted at the Fort Frances Slo-pitch League’s annual meeting Monday night at the Memorial Sports Centre. Team representatives voted to switch from the previous rule of allowing a team to score unlimited runs each inning […]
Their members range from a leather-lunged police officer to a part-time media relations worker tied to the team through blood and looming marriage. Three of them even drove 20 hours to witness their hometown favourites’ shining moment. There are fans, and then there are the fans who populate Whiskey Corner, […]
Jared Catholique-Bruyere hopes he never wakes up from his dream season. The Fort Frances judo competitor added to his incredible winning streak this past weekend in Toronto, going 4-0 to claim the gold medal in the 81 kg-plus category at the junior provincial championships. Catholique-Bruyere has been unstoppable since losing […]
The president of the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) said Sunday a willingness for the SIJHL’s full-time franchises to work together is vital for the league’s long-term survival. Brent Ladds expressed confidence that the league, which just completed its second year of existence, can continue to develop into a viable unit […]
Wellington’s a long way from Fort Frances, but if you listened closely Saturday night, you might have just heard shouts of joy carrying all the way from Prince Edward County. “You have to know the whole town is bouncing right now,” said assistant coach Tod Lavender of the Wellington Dukes, […]
Sisters are doing it for themselves. The sibling duo of Simone and Natalie Desjardins have a firm grasp on their rackets and reality, as the Muskie senior girls doubles combination heads to Milton for the all-Ontario badminton championships beginning tomorrow. With Toronto-area players who are enrolled in year-round training sessions […]
Just when it looked like the band would play all night, Nathan Daly struck the final chord—and left the Borderland Thunder singing the blues. Daly converted a pass across the crease from Pierre Landry at 18:52 of the second overtime period to give the North Bay Skyhawks a 6-5 comeback […]
It wasn’t the brass ring she originally was reaching for, but it made for a nice bauble all the same. Local bowler Dixie McDonald shook off a knee injury suffered during singles’ competition to help the Sunset Country team capture its first aggregate title in a decade at the provincial […]
The Fort Frances Girls’ and Women’s Hockey Association divvied up their awards between five age divisions. The Rolling Lake Lightning Novice squad named Shae-lynn Smith and Sydney Jones as their co-Most Valuable Players while awards also were given to Adrian Gurski (Most Improved), Darbey Lemay (Most Sportsmanlike), and Jillian Langtry […]
Allison Hyatt thought she had closed the door on her competitive volleyball career. That was before Mel Millerbernd came knocking. Hyatt, who ended her time with the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team with a heart-wrenching loss in the NorWOSSA final to the Dryden Eagles back in February, got a new […]
The Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association gave kudos to players in both serious and light-hearted categories during its annual “Fun Day” recently. The fastest shot trophy in each division went to Patrick Mills (Initiation), Robbie Rea (Novice), Carlee Bosma (Atom), Jared Baker (PeeWee), Terry Carmody (Bantam), and Scott Galusha (Midget). Other […]
