After a slew of cancellations due to player shortages and Mother Nature, both local men’s and women’s soccer leagues are getting things back on track. A heartening sign was all scheduled games were completed last week—the first time that’s happened since the season began earlier this month. Entering this week’s […]
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Citing a need for parity amid recent expansion, the Nor-WOSSA girls’ hockey conference will be split into two divisions next season. Sioux Lookout and St. Thomas Aquinas (Kenora)—which will unveil girls’ high school hockey programs this fall—will join Red Lake in the newly-formed ‘A’ division. Fort Frances, Dryden, and the […]
The playoff run for local Little League teams is in full swing across the river. However, it may be a quick one for all three 11-12 year old boys’ teams, who face elimination in their nine-team, double-knockout format. The ninth-ranked Lions upended eighth-ranked (and fellow local squad) pinewoodsports.com 17-15 on […]
Rub-dub-dub, Travis Mykytyn is goin’ back in the tub. Despite being one of the youngest racers in the field, Mykytyn is looking to improve on last year’s fourth-place finish at the annual bathtub races July 1 at Pither’s Point. It was his first year of racing—but certainly not his last. […]
Rainy River Legion extended its record to a league-best 8-1 mark with a come-from-behind victory over Barwick in Rainy River District Fastball League action last Thursday. Trailing 5-3 after six innings, the Legion scored a pair of runs in the top of the seventh to send the game to extra […]
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 […]
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 […]
