Some days, it’s just not worth it to leave the locker room. After one player stumbled and fell during the pre-game charge out onto the field, the rest of the Muskie football team soon followed as they was whitewashed 40-0 on Friday night during their annual exhibition clash with the […]
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Sports and television have been inextricably linked since the days of Willie Mays and Stan Musial and now, thanks to a new mobile studio, Fort Frances will have an increased capability to explore this connection. “I think the community has come to expect that events should be televised when possible,” […]
The Muskie football team knows they have their work cut out for them when they cross the border Friday night to face the International Falls Broncos in their annual exhibition showdown. But the game is anything but a write-off. “I firmly believe if we play our style of game, we […]
Steve Arpin (#00) won a pair of feature races Saturday night at the Emo Speedway to close the gap between front-runner Gavin Paull in the Modified points standings. First, Arpin won the feature from Aug. 16 (Emo Fair), which had been postponed a week due to rain. Then he also […]
Several local runners made the trip to Embarrass, Mn. over the weekend to participate in the 22nd-annual “Flying Finn” 10-km run. Don DeBenedet and Megan Ross came in first in their respective age divisions. DeBenedet completed the race in a time of 42 minutes, 43 minutes while Ross crossed the […]
“All I am is a voice, here to tell you, you have a choice.” That’s the message weightlifter Dave Damiano told a dozen or so people on hand Monday morning at the Memorial Sports Centre here to see him squat 545 pounds to beat the unofficial world record. And it’s […]
The streets of Rainy River were filled with car horns after the hometown Royals nipped the Bulldogs 3-2 in the final of the Rainy River District Fastball League playoffs last night. The Royals, back in the RRDFL this season after a hiatus spanning several years, had finished in first place […]
The Rainy River Royals will meet the Bulldogs in the final of the Rainy River District Fastball League playoffs on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in Rainy River. If the Royals win, they’ll be crowned champs. But if the Bulldogs win, that will force another game between the two next Thursday […]
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 […]
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 […]
