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 […]
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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 […]
Darren Johnson went home Friday night hoping for the best, but expecting the worst. “I told my wife [Friday] night we were going to lose by 20 today,” Johnson said after his Muskie senior girls’ basketball team was beaten 43-22 here Saturday afternoon by the Churchill Trojans (Thunder Bay) to […]
There’s nothing like a good old-fashioned rivalry to stoke the hockey fires. The Muskies boys’ hockey team heads across the river tonight for the first of two annual exhibition games with the International Falls Broncos. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. Motivation shouldn’t be a concern for the Muskies, who […]
A leg injury never damaged a heart so much. After starting forward and spiritual leader Danielle McGee suffered a twisted knee Friday, the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team never recovered as the host black-and-gold were swept in best-of-three NWOSSAA final by the Churchill Trojans. “We lost [the series] yesterday when […]
Dave Allison might be calling the local animal control department today to haul off the black cat that apparently is hiding in the Borderland Thunder dressing room. Bad luck with injuries continued to dog the SIJHL front-runners over the weekend despite the squad picking up two wins to start a […]
Dust off the suitcases, it’s time to hit the highway. The Borderland Thunder will look to improve on their 3-2-1 road record, and stretch their lead atop the SIJHL standings, when they play the first two of a scheduled five-straight games away from the familiar confines of the Ice for […]
This is why they play the game. The Churchill Trojans overcame the odds, upsetting the top-ranked St. Ignatius Falcons 46-35 in the deciding game of the Thunder Bay senior girls’ basketball league Wednesday afternoon. With the win, the No. 3-ranked Trojans earned a trip to Fort Frances this weekend to […]
There’s no place like home—and that’s just the way the Borderland Thunder want it. After a tough weekend which saw the team earn just one out of a possible four points against the Fort William Wolves at the Memorial Sports Centre, Thunder captain Josh Baxter is hoping the team’s upcoming […]
