MacKenzie Holmwood of Thunder Bay had the tricky task of getting back on track after spinning out during the first heat of the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds division Saturday night. Holmwood wound up finishing the heat in fifth place, just missing out on advancing to the ‘A’ feature race.
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It was so nice they did it twice. Scott Andersen, left, and Tim Donaghue of Bemidji, Mn. held up the trophy after securing the Morson Bass International title for the second-straight year Sunday afternoon. The duo’s two-day total of 36.03 pounds topped the 18-team field this year.
Jamie Mountain Les Morrison of Baudette, Mn., right, and his partner, Bill Stay, held up their 19.20-pound Day 2 haul that helped them earn a fifth-place finish at the 2018 Morson Bass International on Sunday afternoon. Their catch on the final day also was the biggest bag of the tournament.
Jamie Mountain Scott Andersen and Tim Donaghue had such a good time at their first Morson Bass International last year that they thought they would repeat that success this past weekend. The Bemidji, Mn. natives captured the MBI title for the second-straight year Sunday with a two-day haul of 36.03 […]
Jamie Mountain Al’s Racquet Stringing proved last week that it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. After ending the regular season behind front-running La Place Rendez-Vous in the standings, it was second-place Al’s who had the last laugh in the Borderland Soccer League’s women’s division championship final last […]
Staff At this rate, the tournament soon will have to be named after them. The Thunder Bay duo of Glenn Leroux and Trevor Zimak successfully defended their title from last year in claiming the annual Atikokan Bass Classic held Friday and Saturday. It was the fifth such title for Leroux […]
Jamie Mountain That gust of wind you feel is from the Fort Frances Her-icanes cruising to another championship. Marissa Kerry pitched a complete-game five-hitter to pace the fourth-seeded Her-icanes to a 12-4 romp over the second-seeded Red Gut Babes to claim their third-straight Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League title. […]
Jamie Mountain For any aspiring hockey player, the opportunity to represent your country in a national tournament definitely is at the top of the list of dream experiences. That dream became a reality for Raygan Kirk when she suited up for Team Canada’s national U18 team in a best-of-three series […]
Jamie Mountain After years of finishing as the top team in the regular season, only to come up short in the playoffs, CJ Contracting finally got the proverbial monkey off its back. First-place CJ used an early first-half goal to eke out a 1-0 win over second-place Manitou Forest Products […]
Staff The sounds of rolling balls and falling pins soon will be returning to Plaza Lanes here. The Fort Frances Bowling Club will kick off its 2018-19 season in less than two weeks, with the Tuesday night league starting on Sept. 4 and the Thursday night one on Sept. 6. […]
Staff A doubleheader was double the fun for Jamie Davis and Ward Imrie on Rea Memorial Weekend at the Emo Speedway. Davis, who was born in Devlin but now lives in Fort Frances, and Imrie (from Winnipeg) won the features in the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds and Modifieds divisions both Friday […]
From the MNRF Seven new fires were confirmed in the Northwest Region by mid-afternoon yesterday. Three of those were in Kenora District, including one located south of Kakagi Lake about eight km south of Nestor Falls. It was listed as “not under control” at 0.1 hectares in size at last […]
