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 Sports
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 […]
The Muskie boys’ soccer team opened play at the “A/AA” all-Ontarios in Sturgeon Falls this morning with a 0-0 tie against Glengarry (Ottawa). They earned one point in their first of three pool games. They faced Bower District this afternoon (results weren’t available by press time), then wrap up pool […]
The first fastball tournament of the season is set to start tomorrow at Couchiching, but the host Bulldogs didn’t get the turnout they had hoped for. Just five of the eight teams competing are Rainy River District Fastball League squads—the Bull-dogs, Hyatt’s Construction, Sight and Sound, Barwick Blue Knights, and […]
A new swimming club got a feel for what it needs to gain recognition at its first meeting here Wednesday night. Calling themselves the “Cyclone Swim Club,” the group sent an application to Swim Ontario for official club approval on Thursday, head coach Debbie Murray said. Wednesday night’s meeting, held […]
Team #28 may have finished 32nd out of the 45 teams competing in the inaugural Emo Walleye Classic last weekend, but they certainly were at the top of the list for memorability. With their fun hats, sweatshirts, and boat all proudly proclaiming them as the “Walleye Queens,” Lil Pihulak and […]
This week’s District 1A Senior Games here isn’t just about beating opponents on the lanes, links, or card tables. “I just love the way everyone gets together,” said local participant Clara Medhurst, 89, while watching the opening rounds of the table shuffleboard tournament yesterday morning at the Sister Kennedy Centre. […]
Another solid season by the Muskie girls’ soccer team ended with yet another tough loss. The black-and-gold lost 4-0 to the St. Ignatius Falcons to settle for a 1-1 record and the silver medal at the three-team NWOSSAA showdown Saturday in Manitouwadge. They had opened play earlier in the day […]
Rain postponed three of the four scheduled games last Tuesday in Rainy River District Fastball League action. After three weeks of play, a total of five games already have been postponed. The set of make-up games will be played next Thursday (June 13). The only game played last Tuesday was […]
