Joey Payeur It wasn’t a monkey, or even a gorilla, the Muskie girls’ hockey team got off their backs Friday in Dryden—it was a big, irritating bird. After four unsuccessful tries earlier this season, the Muskies (2-7) finally vanquished their chief NorWOSSA foe with a 3-2 shootout win over the […]
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Clara Stainke The local Legion ladies auxiliary held its general meeting last Wednesday (Jan. 12), with 40 members present. Maureen Ricard won the attendance draw, Sue Drew the birthday draw, and Lori Mann the early-bird membership draw. Meanwhile, eight new members—Janice Gustafson, Joan Allison, Donna Lowey, Margie Gibson, Judy Plasky, […]
Staff Two out of three ain’t bad, although it wasn’t the result either of the two really wanted. A pair of Fort Frances entries—the Kennedy K-9s and Canadian Tire—wound up with medals in their pockets at the end of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s annual Bantam ‘A’ tournament held […]
Peggy Revell Rick Sekulich, Linda Sekulich, and Dianne DeBenedet swept hard after Don DeBenedet sent a rock sailing down the ice at the Fort Frances Curling Club on Saturday morning during the “Icebox Days” bonspiel. The 32-rink tournament, held in conjunction with International Fall’s annual winter celebration (which doesn’t have […]
Peggy Revell Muskie Colton Spicer (#9) charged up the ice with the puck flanked by Tyson McLean (#19) and Nick Jourdain (#7) during NorWOSSA action Friday against the Red Lake Rams at the ’52 Canadians Arena. The black-and-gold won 7-1, then closed out the two-game series with a 9-1 romp […]
Peggy Revell Thunder Bay North Stars’ defenceman Kevin Hamel (#11) tried to stop Lakers’ forward Jace Baldwin (#96) from passing out of the corner during Saturday night’s SIJHL showdown at the Ice For Kids Arena. The Lakers ended up prevailing 3-2 in OT for their sixth-straight win.
Peggy Revell Mike Gerstner of the Armstrong Crushers took aim at the net while facing off against Skates & Blades’ goalie Colten Allen during yesterday evening’s Novice hockey game at the ’52 Canadians Arena. The Crushers skated away with a 7-3 victory.
Staff The odds are fairly good local minor hockey fans will have plenty of chances to cheer this weekend. The Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association hosts its Bantam ‘A’ tournament at the Memorial Sports Centre, getting underway this morning and wrapping up Sunday. The 10-team event will feature squads split […]
Submitted Winter getting you down? Well, if it’s any consolation, other parts of the world are feeling it, too. Local resident Karl Tosberg recently was sent this photo from his niece, Konstance Tosberg, in Aachen, Germany, near the border with Belgium, who built a snowman indicating “sommer” (German for summer) […]
Duane Hicks A town plow removed a snowbank from Keating Avenue yesterday. For a 10-day period starting this past Sunday, the town has stepped up efforts to plow and haul away the massive piles of snow all over Fort Frances which had accumulated thanks to back-to-back blizzards just before New […]
Staff Come Monday, the Fort Frances Lakers just might be staring down at the rest of the SIJHL. The second-place Lakers (23-11-3) head into a pair of home games this weekend only two points behind the league-leading Wisconsin Wilderness (24-6-3), who will have to fight fatigue as they face three […]
Duane Hicks The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care is encouraging Ontarians to get immunized as ’flu activity continues to increase across the province. And while there have been far fewer confirmed ’flu cases in the north than in the south, it does not mean we should let our guard […]
