Three old friends will reunite here tomorrow, but only one of them will go home with a smile on their face. The St. Ignatius Falcons (Thunder Bay) filled the final berth for Saturday’s NWOSSAA soccer playoffs with a 3-2 victory over the Hammarskjold Vikings on Wednesday night. Gustavo Argueta notched […]
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It was a golden Thursday for the Muskie boys’ soccer team in Kenora as they beat Rainy River for the NorWOSSA crown. The black-and-gold dominated play in the final against the Owls, netting two quick goals. The second half was shortened, with consent from both coaches, from 45 minutes to […]
Everything is going according to plan. Both the Muskie girls’ and boys’ soccer teams began defence of their respective NorWOSSA titles yesterday by earning a pair of shutout wins at the league showdown in Kenora. The girls slipped past the Dryden Eagles 1-0, then put the boots to the Kenora […]
Bob Kennedy isn’t letting any new spring grass grow under his feet. The local marksman started his year off with a bang by delivering two perfect rounds of 25 during the opening of the skeet season May 6 at the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club range at Frog Creek. Kennedy outdistanced […]
General manager Brent Tookenay could have asked for more out of the Borderland Thunder’s second season, but that might look greedy. The local Junior ‘A’ hockey squad had a season chock full of pleasant memories that had Thunder fans buzzing with excitement from the first drop of the puck. Borderland’s […]
The minor hockey hardware cupboard is bare. All levels of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association have been accounted for now with the recent announcement of the PeeWee division’s post-season awards. George Halvorsen (Fort Frances Lions) earned the Bud Hebert Trophy for Most Valuable Player while Ben Morrisseau (Fort Frances […]
Neither side has lost, and both want that trend to continue. The Muskie boys’ and girls’ soccer squads entered the NorWOSSA championships in Kenora today with no blemishes on their record in pre-season league play as they both look to defend their titles from a year ago. The teams each […]
The Wellington Dukes were supposed to be the feared gunslingers, but their Maritime mission turned into an episode of “How the West was Won.” The Dukes, who had captured the Dudley Hewitt Cup here last month, got no respect for their #1 ranking in the Canadian Junior ‘A’ Hockey League […]
On your mark, get set—fish. The growl of outboard motors soon will fill the air as hordes of rod-and-reel fanatics descend upon the Ontario portion of Rainy Lake, and other area bodies of water, for the opening of walleye season this Saturday. Darryl McLeod, a biologist with the Ministry of […]
This could be the start of something great. Last weekend’s spring swim meet hosted by the Fort Frances Aquanauts brought an end to the inaugural year of the local Cyclones club, whose ranks doubled over the course of the season to more than 40 swimmers—26 of whom saw action here. […]
Roman Ramirez got a look at the future last weekend—and the view was brimming with promise. The head coach of the Fort Frances Aquanauts fielded 33 competitors, including 25 who were classified as “non-competitive,” as the squad hosted its spring swim meet involving eight teams within the region, including the […]
