Staff It looked for two innings as though the Fort Frances Her-icanes were going to need to swing a redwood tree to get any piece of Shelby Nosan’s flurry of fastballs. But a series of miscues in the third frame left the Dawson Tigers stumped as to how to defeat […]
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Staff Steve Arpin went gambling in Atlantic City and drew a pair of threes. The Fort Frances native placed third both Saturday and Sunday at the Red Bull Global Rallycross doubleheader there. Racing for Loenbro Motorsports, Arpin finished Saturday’s 10-lap feature in 8:24.710 to finish just under nine seconds behind […]
Staff Nobody was going to outrace Raice on this night. Fort Frances resident Raice Westover claimed his second feature win of the season during Borderland Racing Association action Saturday at the Emo Speedway. Westover zipped across the finish line ahead of Jesse Thompson (Emo) and Dean Kellar (Devlin). Street Stocks […]
Joey Payeur Whether is was TSN or APTN, national TV audiences got plenty of chances to get to know Amy Wilson-Hands up close and personal. The head coach of the Fort Frances Fire ‘n Ice club volleyball program closed out a 47-day stretch away from home by serving as an […]
Joey Payeur The third time most definitely was the charm for Bill Godin. After winning the Kenora Bass International in 2006 with Dave Lindsay, and then in 2013 with Leroy Wilson, Godin paired with Wilson again this past weekend to win his third title overall at the 30th-anniversary edition of […]
Joey Payeur It was an evening to both celebrate the past and inspire future generations to reach for greatness themselves. The second class inducted into the Fort Frances Sports Hall of Fame was granted official entrance Saturday night during ceremonies at La Place Rendez-Vous. First to be recognized were former […]
Joey Payeur A total of 100 minutes could not differentiate which was the better squad. So it came down to the showdown that tests the composure of the players while making short work of the spectators’ fingernails. Centra Pipelines turned out to have the nerves of steel on this night–claiming […]
Joey Payeur Wayne Strachan’s coaching batteries have received a much-needed recharge this summer. The head coach and general manager of the Fort Frances Lakers concluded the second of two trips to Calgary over the past couple of months after being chosen to take part in Hockey Canada’s Program of Excellence […]
Joey Payeur Grace Petsnick went from southern Ontario to Quebec to exhaustion. But it’s a trip she believes will help her go even further down the road to success in her martial arts endeavours. The 14-year-old member of the local Borderland Judo Club recently spent two gruelling weeks developing her […]
Joey Payeur Claire Sobkowicz missed the Game 1 goalfest, so she decided she had some catching up to do. Sobkowicz tallied twice, including the decisive goal in the second half, to give La Place Rendez-Vous/Taggs a 4-3 victory over Al’s Racquet Stringing in Game 2 of the best-of-three Borderland Soccer […]
Staff The Northern O Selects ran into more than a peck of trouble Saturday. More specifically, it was three Pecks. The Fleetwood Marlins (B.C.) cruised past the Rainy River District-based Selects 7-0 in the loser’s bracket of the ‘A-Major’ division at the North American Fastpitch Association (NAFA) World Series in […]
From the MNRF Eight new fires were confirmed by yesterday afternoon in the Northwest Region, with 23 new ones confirmed by day’s end Sunday. One fire of note, Nipigon Fire #99, is a lightning-caused blaze that started Aug. 12 northeast of Nipigon in the Kama Hill area. Immediate response was […]
