Registration on Monday night for the upcoming curling season yielded 99 teams and roughly 400 curlers—down from the estimated 450 who came out of the hack last season. “Some people change their interests and want a break from curling,” Kathie Jackson, chair of the Fort Frances Curling Committee, speculated late […]
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Byron Maggrah has issued a pre-season heads-up. The referee-in-chief for the Superior International Junior Hockey League has informed those wearing the striped shirts it is time to get tough on incidents of checking to the head by players when the league’s second season begins this Friday. “There will be growing […]
A close evaluation of the NorWOSSA junior boys’ volleyball league spotlights one undeniable fact: the margin for error is minimal. “We went from worst to first last year and this year, we could go from first to worst,” said Muskie coach Greg Ste. Croix of his defending NorWOSSA champs. “I’ve […]
Bodies were hitting the ground everywhere you turned Monday. But don’t panic, it was just the start of another flip-filled season at the Fort Frances Judo Club. Les Wiersema, club president for the last eight years, estimated about 30 judokas came out for the season’s inaugural session. “It’s about the […]
Auto racing has been in Dwayne Pihulak’s blood for 35 years. But the Fort Frances resident isn’t sure what his racing future holds after a controversial finish to the last competitive event of the season at Emo Speedway earlier this month. “It’s very questionable whether I’ll return to racing there,” […]
Once they got hopping, there was just no stopping. Ernie Klyne and Laura Bruyere got the jump on the rest of the field en route to the respective men’s and ladies’ titles in the annual Frog Creek Open Sunday at Kitchen Creek. Klyne was feeling fine after shooting a 79 […]
The coming season for the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team should carry a disclaimer for spectators. Warning: Shots will be fired from all directions. Blink at your own risk. The Muskies plan to take a high-octane approach from the opening tip-off of the season tomorrow in Dryden as they look […]
Starting the season off on the right skate was just what the Borderland Thunder had in mind. The local Junior ‘A’ team—fresh off winning the Superior Inter-national Junior Hockey League’s annual “Showcase” tournament here last weekend—hit the ice again this Friday and Saturday night to open its second SIJHL campaign […]
They’re on the board, but still not in the win column. The Muskie ‘A’ football team registered its first points of the season, but a stingy St. Paul Crusaders defence and nagging mental errors cost them a 32-7 defeat Friday afternoon in Winnipeg. “The score was not indicative of the […]
It’s not full payback, but it’s a start. The Borderland Thunder earned some redemption against its conqueror from last season by doubling the Dryden Ice Dogs 4-2 in yesterday’s final of the SIJHL’s annual pre-season “Showcase” tournament here. A noisy home crowd at the Memorial Sports Centre energized the Thunder, […]
Thunder head coach Dave Allison probably won’t have to put his special teams units through the paces next week—they had plenty of practice yesterday. Penalty killing and power plays were front and centre as the Thunder opened play in the Superior International Junior Hockey League’s second-annual “Showcase Tournament” with a […]
The American organizer of a bass derby being held this week in Canadian waters of Rainy Lake can’t understand why it has sparked the wrath of local sportsmen, conservationists, and political figures. “I don’t understand what the problem is,” said Edina, Mn. resident Denny Nelson about the Denny’s Super 30 […]
