A new swimming season bursts out of the blocks this weekend. The well-established Fort Frances Aquanauts will be joined by the new kid in town, the Cyclone Swim Club, as the two squads prepare for a sprint meet in Thunder Bay on Saturday and Sunday. Aquanauts head coach Roman Ramirez […]
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It’s one sunny day after another right now for Sarah Noonan. The 19-year-old Fort Frances native and her University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs women’s soccer team are kicking up a storm in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. “We’ve set our standards high,” said Noonan, an exercise science major in her freshman […]
For some, marathons are about finishing first. For Megan Ross, the 25th Chicago Marathon was about finishing—period. Ross and fellow Fort Frances running enthusiast Bob Tkachuk both placed in the top half of the field in the Oct. 16 race through the streets of the Windy City. But for Ross, […]
Leanne Beck cringes when she brings up the subject of her equine pastime to her high school friends. “Someone always asks, ‘So, you’re going to go run around the barrels?’” sighed Beck, 16, who has carved an impressive niche on the competitive quarter horse circuit along with her 14-year-old sister […]
The state of the area’s fishery and other issues will be discussed over two days next week at the Fort Frances Curling Club, and everyone’s invited to attend. “We hope people can come out and participate,” said Tom Pearson, president of the North Western Ontario Tourism Association, which is organizing […]
It’s time to get the ball rolling in preparation for one of the highest profile amateur hockey tournaments in the province. The Borderland Thunder will host the Dudley Hewitt Cup on April 20-27 but the initial planning session is set for Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Elks Hall. The […]
Some teams get into the playoffs through the back door. The Muskie ‘A’ football squad decided to sneak in through the basement. Despite a 23-10 loss to the Sisler Spartans on Friday at Winnipeg Stadium, the Muskies (0-7) still qualified for the WHSFL post-season after the Kelvin Clippers (0-7) lost […]
Late-game heroics by the Borderland Thunder left the Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs licking their wounded paws. Kevin Webb’s goal with 1.2 seconds left in overtime gave the host Thunder a 6-5 victory Friday night, while a four-goal rally in the third period keyed a 4-2 win Saturday in Superior International […]
The Borderland Thunder is a team on the rise. Riding a 6-0-2 start in the early going of the Superior International Junior Hockey League season, the first-place Thunder have moved into the No. 10 position in this week’s rankings by the Canadian Junior ‘A’ Hockey League (CJAHL). Borderland forward Matt […]
If you build it, they will come—even to the planning meeting. Up to 200 people packed the Memorial Sports Centre auditorium Wednesday night to discuss design ideas for a proposed skateboard park, scheduled to be built on the old arena ball diamond. Darren Brown, promotions director for the project, said […]
With the lead slipping away, Ashlyn Jewell knew it was a choice between desire and disaster. “We wanted this one bad,” said Jewell, who along with her Muskie junior girls’ basketball teammates, turned wanting into winning in a 29-18 victory over the visiting Kenora Broncos yesterday afternoon for their first […]
While turkey was the featured menu item in most Thanksgiving feasts, the Borderland Thunder satisfied their appetite with a double serving of Hawk over the weekend. Matt Alexander’s power-play goal in the third period was the difference in a 3-2 Thunder win Saturday night in Nipigon against the Feathermen Hawks […]
