Staff The Ontario Volleyball Association will hold its 14U Region 1 tryouts this Sunday at Fort High for boys and girls born from Sept. 1, 2002-Dec. 31, 2003. A total of 12 girls and nine boys may be invited to attend the OVA Region 1 high-performance centre in North Bay […]
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Staff Two perfect 10s helped the Fort Frances Her-icanes stay perfect for the season. The ‘Canes racked up 10 runs on 10 hits in the fourth inning en route to a 17-8 win over the Dawson Tigers in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League action Monday night at VanJura. First-place […]
Staff It’s unorthodox but it’s better than nothing. So goes the thinking of the Borderland Soccer League, which announced this week it will go ahead with a two-team women’s division this season that will play every Monday evening. A best-of-three final then will be held in August to determine a […]
Joey Payeur Eat, sleep, conquer, repeat. It’s a mantra made famous by WWE Universal champion Brock Lesnar and followed to the letter by the Muskie boys’ soccer team. Fort High once again is king of the NorWOSSA hill after blanking the Dryden Eagles 4-0 in the league final last Wednesday […]
Staff Willem Kirk-Bertens left his home province to ride the Lightning. The Fort Frances resident was part of the Manitoba Atom ‘AAA’ Lightning, which finished fourth last weekend at the Regina ‘AAA’ Hockey Classic. It was a less than glorious start for the Lightning, who were trounced 14-2 by the […]
Staff Local women will be able to get their kicks on the soccer pitch this season after all. Borderland Soccer League president Chris Sinclair announced yesterday on the league’s Facebook page that the upcoming campaign will include a two-team women’s division to go along with four teams for the men. […]
Staff The Muskies almost thought they were already going to be en route to North Bay before finding out who they will play there. OFSAA finally released the official schedule yesterday for the ‘AA’ boys’ soccer championship that begins Thursday. Fort High, fresh off its seventh-straight NorWOSSA title, is ranked […]
Joey Payeur The first strides towards success for the Muskie football season this fall were taken yesterday as the team began its spring camp at Fort High. About 20 players took part on opening day of the camp, which runs weekdays from 6-8 p.m. until June 9.
Kiera Kowalski The Tweens Club that meets weekly at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre chose to stay indoors yesterday due to the inclement weather. But Hailey Joyce, Mikka Slack, Liz Cousineau, Marie-Mai Langevin, Izzy Meeks, and MacKenzie McClain still enjoyed playing games such as “Hedbanz” and “Life” while […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Famine-ravaged countries in Africa and the Middle East will breed and spread terrorism if the world can’t help feed their people and give them hope, says Canada’s international development minister. Canadians may want to do the compassionate thing and help ease the suffering of 20 million people […]
The Associated PressDoug Ferguson Tiger Woods attributed an “unexpected reaction” to prescription medicine for his arrest on a DUI charge that landed him in a Florida jail yesterday for nearly four hours. Woods, the 14-time major champion who had back surgery five weeks ago, was arrested on suspicion of DUI […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–A man accused of tossing a beer can towards a Baltimore Orioles’ outfielder during a Blue Jays’ playoff game last season has pleaded guilty to mischief under $5,000. Defence lawyer Tyler Smith said a pre-sentence report has been ordered and Ken Pagan is to return to court […]
