The Rainy River Royals remain unbeaten in Rainy River District Fastball League playoff action after a 7-2 win over the Barwick Blue Knights on Tuesday night. After Barwick’s leadoff batter grounded out, Travis Derksen put the Knights ahead early by belting a home run in the top of the first […]
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The Curves for Women soccer team had three chances to put Gillons’ away in the final of the Borderland women’s league last Thursday evening here. And they needed every one. Curves reclaimed the league title with a 3-2 win in a shootout over Gillons’ after regulation time and sudden death […]
When Mirel Bica said he wanted to get away from the hustle and bustle of the big cities, he meant it. The new coach of the Fort Frances Visserettes Club and his family are enjoying the quieter life in town as they prepare for their first season here. “In the […]
Brad Both knows what he wants, but perhaps he didn’t know the route would be “long and winding.” Still, he’s adapting. “All I pretty much ever thought of was playing in the NHL. I’m taking the long way round,” he joked. The 23-year-old member of the Fresno Falcons, home on […]
After three-straight second-place finishes, local golfer Greg Ward finally tasted victory at the annual Kitchen Creek Classic men’s tournament. But he needed two extra holes Sunday afternoon to pull it off. “I always seem to fight my way to second place,” the 24-year-old said after making his par putt at […]
The Borderland Thunder has acquired the rights to former Fort Frances native Aaron Grynol from the Chicago Steel of the United States Hockey League, the local Junior ‘A’ team announced Tuesday. “We believe it is a significant signing,” said Thunder head coach Dave Allison. “He has the ability to be […]
The Borderland Thunder acquired another big defenceman Thursday, shipping forward Cole Hayward and an undisclosed amount of cash to the Selkirk Steelers of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League for Chris Schaen. “It’s a deal that’s been in the works,” Thunder head coach Dave Allison said. “We’ve been concerned with David […]
Forget bunkers and trees, the weather may be public enemy number-one for the field coming in the annual Kitchen Creek Classic men’s golf tournament this weekend. Forecasts of rain this weekend—which may interrupt play in the two-day, 36-hole tourney—are keeping organizers of the 25th-annual event wary. “There’s nothing we can […]
Tonight could spell the end of a six-year dynasty. The Bulldogs—six-time defending Rainy River District Fastball League champs—face elimination tonight in the double-knockout playoffs here tonight as they face Hyatt’s Contracting. Game time is 6:30 p.m. at the Couchiching diamond. Also tonight, Big Grassy (2-14), who had lost 8-0 to […]
Christin Thomson will have to fit another driver in her suitcase next week. The local golfer, bound for the U.S. college links this fall, captured her third Kitchen Creek Ladies Open title in four years—and a $400 driver—with a round of one-under par 73 on Saturday. “I’m glad I got […]
While the opening of the driving range at the new Heron Landing golf course at Couchiching has been delayed until early fall, its project manager is optimistic the course itself will open according to plan. “[The June flooding] affected everybody. We’re just currently starting to do seeding here,” said Shane […]
The culmination of the annual Borderland “Ball Blast” women’s soccer tournament was played out on a sun-drenched pitch here Sunday afternoon as local teams Gillons’ and Curves squared off for all the marbles. The field was swarming in green jerseys as Gillons’ dominated the early going of the women’s final. […]
