The Muskie senior badminton team sent three entries to next week’s NWOSSAA playoffs after strong performances yesterday at the NorWOSSA final in Kenora. Simone Desjardins went 5-0 in the senior girls’ singles division to take top spot. The grade nine student—a five-year veteran of the Fort Frances Badminton Club—did not […]
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As the Muskie senior badminton team prepares to send its top players to the NorWOSSA final today in Kenora, confidence is riding high on advancing to NWOSSAA. Grade nine student Simone Desjardins, who plays on the senior Muskie squad due to her experience with the local badminton club, stormed through […]
The local curling club said it needs a solid turnout of members at its semi-annual general meeting Wednesday night in order to tie up loose ends—notably the potential impact of a proposed non-smoking bylaw. “We had hoped we would have representatives at the [public meeting] tonight,” club president Bill Gushulak […]
The Canadian Wrestling Fed-eration is coming back to the area. The Ice for Kids Arena here will be the stage this Sunday at 2 p.m. for the same extreme matches and amazing stunts—complete with some new tricks of the trade. This is all to help out the local Chamber of […]
The local curling club said it needs a solid turnout of members at its semi-annual general meeting Wednesday night in order to tie up loose ends—notably the potential impact of a proposed non-smoking bylaw. “We had hoped we would have representatives at the [public meeting] tonight,” club president Bill Gushulak […]
The Sunset Country Ford Atom ‘AA’ Mustangs completed their season with another strong performance—this time against a challenging field at the sixth-annual “Minnesota Meltdown Open” in Minneapolis over the weekend. “It was our first ‘AAA’ competition,” said Mustangs head coach Mark McCaig, whose team finished 2-0-2 in their pool before […]
Despite producing only a small local contingent, the Fort Frances Gymnastics Academy is anticipating a solid day of competition when it hosts its annual ‘Springfest’ meet here on Saturday. “There’s only seven or eight from our club competing,” said meet convener Maureen Hahkala, who added this up-and-down season has seen […]
There was a moment in the best-of-seven SIJHL final last week which captured the Borderland Thunder’s frustration. During the latter stages of Game 3 in Dryden, the Thunder—trailing 4-1 and facing the possibility of an 0-3 series deficit—earned a rare scoring chance against the Ice Dogs but were whistled for […]
The fastball team formerly known as the Emo Bulldogs is looking for a place to play. The Rainy River District Fastball League champ, now known as the Alton Pollard Bulldogs, recently moved back to Fort Frances, citing poor field conditions at the old Emo diamond. But it’s a move that […]
The Borderland Thunder showed the fight of a team desperate to prolong its season but in the end, the bounces—and the championship—went the Dryden Ice Dogs’ way. Ice Dogs forward Konrad Bruetsch’s shin pad played hero to snap a 4-4 tie at the 17:40 mark of the third period Thursday […]
Here are the top scores from recent YBC action at Plaza Lanes: M&M Kids (Smurfs) •Girls’ high single (flat)—Lena Morelli (80) •Girls’ high single (w/hdcp)—Lena Morelli/Claire Hyatt (182) •Boys’ high single (flat)—Brendan Morand (144) •Boys’ high single (w/hdcp)—Brendan Morand (238) Top three averages—1. Brendan Morand (86) 2. Dallas Gervais (81) […]
The Borderland Thunder didn’t get the “must-win” they needed and now are now looking down the barrel of a season-ending sweep tonight in Dryden. The Thunder fell 4-1 last night to the host Ice Dogs, who now lead their best-of-seven SIJHL final 3-0. For the second-straight time, the Thunder’s offence […]
