Joey Payeur Lucas DeBenedet didn’t mind taking the scenic route to get around English River Miners’ defenceman Liam Watson during the Lakers’ 5-2 win here Tuesday night.
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Staff Both games scheduled in the Borderland Women’s Indoor Soccer League ended up as forfeits last night at Fort High, making it three games in the past two weeks that have gone by the boards. The defending champion Main Street Mayhem won by forfeit over the Boston Pizza Ball Blasters, […]
Staff First place already is decided but it’s a dandy duel for second. The One Hit Wonders earned the maximum six points last Thursday to boost its season total to 105 points atop the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League. But it’s an all-out street fight behind them. Defending champion Scared […]
Heather Latter Mackenzie Taylor, left, Maya Davis, and Julia McManaman together played the role of the Cheshire Cat yesterday during Robert Moore School’s production of Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland Jr.” They staged the musical for students and staff there in the morning and then for the public last night. Those […]
Joey Payeur Wayne Strachan turned line juggling—and blueline and goalie juggling, for that matter—into an art form on Tuesday night. With injuries, illness, and suspensions leaving him with only 11 forwards, five defencemen, and one semi-healthy netminder, the Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach and general manager played mix-and-match on offence, […]
Staff Local resident Kyle Andrew Griffiths will receive a Medal of Bravery at a ceremony tomorrow in Ottawa. On June 5, 2012, Griffiths braved intense heat and smoke to pull an unconscious man from a burning vehicle in Emo. The car had been hit by a train at a railway […]
Duane Hicks Comedian Ryan McMahon had the packed house at From the Grind Up roaring with laughter last night. McMahon and fellow comedian John B. Duff also performed there the night before. McMahon will be back to perform this Saturday (March 7) at a lasagna fundraiser dinner for teens at […]
Staff As expected, the Fort Frances Muskies senior girls volleyball team didn’t get the most favourable ranking for the OFSAA ‘AA’ championship. The black-and-gold have the No. 12 seed and are the third-highest rated team out of four in Pool ‘C’ of the 16-team tournament, which gets underway on Monday […]
Press Release Parachute, the national charitable organization dedicated to preventing injuries and saving lives, is promoting a video to educate hockey enthusiasts about the importance of playing smart hockey to prevent concussions. For Canadians aged five-19, hockey accounts for 44 percent of sports-related brain injuries. Parachute, which includes Safe Communities […]
Staff Only one set of Stars could shine bright when the final curtain came down. Kristy Dunning had three goals and an assist as the Thunder Bay Petrie Stars romped to a 6-0 shutout over the Fort Frances BDO Stars in the bronze-medal game of the Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association’s […]
Joey Payeur Nathan Park’s fantastic February not only benefitted his team but himself. Park closed the year’s shortest month with a 31-save outing to backstop the Fort Frances Lakers to a 4-2 victory over the Thunder Bay North Stars here Saturday night. On Monday, the 20-year-old from Edmonton was named […]
Joey Payeur Jamie Davis went out of his way to add one more thought in the midst of the post-game glow filling the hallways of the Memorial Sports Centre on Sunday. “Make sure to say we thank the community for coming out and supporting the boys,” the Muskie boys’ hockey […]
