This year’s annual spring 3-D archery meet lacked the presence of out-of-town shooters but fun was had by participating locals. The event was limited to 14 archers, who ran a practice outing on the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club grounds at Frog Creek with their animal targets. “It was a pretty […]
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Brian Beers is as excited—and nervous—as a 42-year-old rookie can be. The reigning Kitchen Creek men’s champ is testing the amateur tournament waters for the first time this week at the 17th-annual Canadian Club Champions Championship in Whistler, B.C. “It’s more of an excited kind of nervous,” Beers said Friday […]
The Fort Frances Archers Club is pointing in the right direction for this weekend’s eighth-annual 3-D spring competition at the local sportsmen’s club’s property at Frog Creek. “It’s a pretty popular event,” said co-organizer Ben Wiersema, who expects upwards of 40 archers from here, Kenora, Dryden, Thunder Bay, and International […]
Registration for the fifth-annual “Kid-Pro” fishing tournament, which is held in conjunction with the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, is slated Friday from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Chamber of Commerce office on Scott Street. “It’s really simple. All they have to do is fill out a form with their […]
The coach is taking a request from his players. Last week, it seemed all but certain Wayne Strachan, the former head coach of the Borderland Thunder, would turn down the local junior team’s offer to stay on as assistant coach after Dave Allison was signed to replace him. But after […]
A dozen of the 18 holes at Kitchen Creek golf course were re-opened over the weekend, with the pro shop predicting a full opening within the next day or so. The six holes along Kitchen Creek—#7, #8, #9, #10, #17 and #18 (under the new holing system)—remained closed because bridges […]
It didn’t take long for Shane Bliss to find himself behind a bench again. Bliss agreed to join the coaching staff of the Muskie boys’ hockey team for next season, it was announced Wednesday. “I’m very happy to be part of the Muskie program,” Bliss, 31, said Friday morning. “I’ve […]
Fort Frances Youth Soccer’s annual wind-up will go ahead as planned this Saturday, organizers said today. “There’s some deep wet spots on Fields 3 and 4 [the mini-fields by St. Francis School] but most of it looks good,” said FFYS vice-president John Pierce. He added there also were plenty of […]
Local participants took home their share of medals at the District 1A Senior Games here last week. The 70-strong contingent earned a total of 21 medals (seven gold, eight silver, and six bronze) during the three-day event. “This was our most successful senior games we’ve had here,” said convener Nick […]
Dave Allison got tired of calling family and friends back home to inquire how the Borderland Thunder was doing in their inaugural season this past winter. Well, the longtime coach will get the closest look possible next season. The 43-year-old Fort Frances native signed on to coach the team Monday […]
Arthur “Doc” Johnson, the unofficial spokesperson for the 1952 Allan Cup-winning Fort Frances Canadians, took the crowd of nearly 100 people attending the inaugural town sports banquet here Friday night back to a spring a half-century ago. And as the 78-year-old led off his speech by reciting a letter he […]
The Muskie boys’ soccer team scored their first goals—and earned their first win—at the all-Ontarios in Sturgeon Falls this morning but were on the outside looking in for a playoff berth. The black-and-gold edged host E.S. Franco Cite (Sturgeon Falls) 2-0 this morning to finish pool play with a 1-1-1 […]
