The scoreboard said they accomplished nothing, but their dugout leader believes otherwise. The Barwick Blue Knights junior baseball team—comprised of players from Barwick, Stratton, and Emo—took it on the chin in the form of two exhibition losses in Thunder Bay to kick off their season. But manager Ken Wilson is […]
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Some auspicious athletes received their just rewards recently as the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association handed out its annual Bantam house league awards as well as some additional Esso Medals of Achievement. Justin Scott (Canadian Tire) won the Don Lovisa Memorial award as the league’s Most Valuable Player to go […]
It was a good run while it lasted. It took two of the top three ranked teams in the province to sideline Simone and Natalie Desjardins at the all-Ontario badminton showdown in Milton last week as the Muskie sister duo posted a 2-2 record to finish in the top eight […]
At the high end of the athletic scale, experience can make a world of difference. The Muskie senior girls’ doubles team of Simone and Natalie Desjardins rode their youth and talent to a pair of early wins at the all- Ontarios yesterday in Milton yesterday. But they couldn’t withstand another […]
They have no idea about their opposition, they’re playing in unfamiliar territory, and their schedule is a killer. But the coach of the Muskie regional girls’ basketball squad is only concerning himself with what he can control at the Basketball Manitoba juvenile girls’ regional tournament in Portage La Prairie this […]
An undefeated start to their respective NorWOSSA season has both Muskie soccer squads on the path to championship repeats. The Muskie girls didn’t allow a goal while going 4-0 in the first of two NorWOSSA playoff seeding tournaments last weekend here while the boys’ team strung together a 2-0-2 mark. […]
His feelings were difficult to put into words, but the tear trickling down Josh Baxter’s face said it all. “It’s hard to believe the season’s done — this is a good group of guys getting separated,” said the heartbroken Borderland Thunder captain, whose saw his junior playing days come to […]
Two Manitoba hoops squads had more than just a higher odometer and blisters on their feet to show for their travelling trouble. Team Albert slipped past the Cyclones 62-56 in Sunday’s all-Winnipeg final at the 23rd annual La Place Rendez-Vous basketball tournament at Fort Frances High School. Three wins in […]
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 […]
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 […]
