The progress of the newest swim club in Fort Frances is running well ahead of schedule. The Cyclones will send a season-high 11 swimmers, including seven making their debuts, to this weekend’s sprint meet in Atikokan hosted by the Nakokita Swim Club. The expanding total has Cyclones head coach Debbie […]
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High school hockey fans were shocked Tuesday to learn Glen Edwards had stepped down as head coach of the Muskie boys’ hockey team in the midst of his 23rd season with the squad. Assistant coaches Ken Christiansen and Shane Bliss will take over the reins for the duration of the […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team hope to stay in its offensive groove from the weekend when the Chisholm Blue Streaks invade the Ice for Kids Arena tonight at 7:30. The game is the first of two exhibition clashes between the teams this season, with the rematch set for Feb. 6 […]
The leaders of the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League continue to strike fear in their opponents’ hearts. Scared Hitless continued to set the pace with a league-high 42 points after action Nov. 21, with former leaders Gillons’ trailing by only two in second place. The Diehards still are applying pressure […]
Like a pesky mosquito at a family picnic, the Borderland Thunder refused to go away Saturday night. The SIJHL’s top squad charged back from a three-goal second-period deficit, then scored twice in the final two minutes to steal a 7-6 win from the host Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs. “We found […]
It was still hockey—it just looked like a pinball game. Another weekend of piling up goals in rapid-fire succession left the Muskie boys’ hockey team still undefeated in NorWOSSA action. The home side from Sioux Lookout played the bug to the Muskies’ windshield over the weekend as the black-and-gold splattered […]
Bryan Bonot and Norm Hyatt will have to wait until next year to take the next step. Representing the Stratton Curling Club and Fort Frances Curling Club, respectively, Bonot and Hyatt finished out of the running at the senior men’s and women’s association championships last week in Kakabeka Falls. After […]
Eight is enough—or at least Roman Ramirez is counting on it. The head coach of the Fort Frances Aquanauts and eight of his top swimmers are in Winnipeg this weekend for the annual Prairie Winter Invitational meet. Newcomers Nicole Fontana and Nicole Lowey have joined past Prairie Winter competitors Heather […]
Jeff Plumridge and the University of Guelph Gryphons men’s swim team shared something in common with the Grey Cup champion Montreal Alouettes. Last weekend was their best in a quarter-century. The Fort Frances native was part of the Gryphons’ second-place showing at the OUA Campbell Division championships in Guelph—the squad’s […]
Norm Hyatt got the best of his district counterpart—and bettered his playoff chances at the same time. In a head-to-head meeting of the two local rinks yesterday afternoon, the Fort Frances Curling Club reps doubled Stratton’s Bryan Bonot 8-4 at the senior men’s and women’s association playdowns in Kakabeka Falls. […]
It was a good news-bad news scenario for two local rinks after the first two draws at the senior men’s and women’s association playdowns in Kakabeka Falls. Norm Hyatt, representing the Fort Frances Curling Club, got off on the right foot yesterday afternoon with an 8-5 win over Denis Magne […]
It’s not how long you’re in front, it’s when you get there. The Borderland Thunder never led the host Dryden Ice Dogs on Wednesday night until A.J. Tucker tallied at 1:36 of overtime to give the SIJHL front-runners a 3-2 victory over the defending league champs. David Lloyd rushed the […]
