The new president of the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club is taking the infomercial route to try and spread the message about the benefits of his organization’s brand of outdoor recreation. Blair Beadow said the club has purchased a series of tapes from the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters which […]
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Just when it looked like the band would play all night, Nathan Daly struck the final chord—and left the Borderland Thunder singing the blues. Daly converted a pass across the crease from Pierre Landry at 18:52 of the second overtime period to give the North Bay Skyhawks a 6-5 comeback […]
It wasn’t the brass ring she originally was reaching for, but it made for a nice bauble all the same. Local bowler Dixie McDonald shook off a knee injury suffered during singles’ competition to help the Sunset Country team capture its first aggregate title in a decade at the provincial […]
The Fort Frances Girls’ and Women’s Hockey Association divvied up their awards between five age divisions. The Rolling Lake Lightning Novice squad named Shae-lynn Smith and Sydney Jones as their co-Most Valuable Players while awards also were given to Adrian Gurski (Most Improved), Darbey Lemay (Most Sportsmanlike), and Jillian Langtry […]
Allison Hyatt thought she had closed the door on her competitive volleyball career. That was before Mel Millerbernd came knocking. Hyatt, who ended her time with the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team with a heart-wrenching loss in the NorWOSSA final to the Dryden Eagles back in February, got a new […]
The Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association gave kudos to players in both serious and light-hearted categories during its annual “Fun Day” recently. The fastest shot trophy in each division went to Patrick Mills (Initiation), Robbie Rea (Novice), Carlee Bosma (Atom), Jared Baker (PeeWee), Terry Carmody (Bantam), and Scott Galusha (Midget). Other […]
The Ice for Kids wasn’t built on a downhill slant—it just seemed that way yesterday afternoon. The Wellington Dukes and Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs took turns dominating periods, with the Dukes getting the last laugh in a 7-4 victory to open the Dudley Hewitt Cup Central Canada Junior ‘A’ hockey […]
One team will welcome back one of its stars while the other will join a constellation of “Starz.” The Fort Frances Aquanauts and Fort Frances Cyclones will be part of the field making waves at the Division II swimming championships this weekend in Thunder Bay. For the Aquanauts, it will […]
They swam just over 10 km, but had to travel more than 1,500 to get there. Still, the Fort Frances Aquanauts and coach Roman Ramirez didn’t consider their lengthy trip to Calgary earlier this month for the Chinook Invitational a waste of time, energy, or gas money. “We had to […]
They’ve been here before—now it’s time to take the next step. Competing in the NWOSSAA finals today in Thunder Bay, the Muskie badminton brigade hopes to give their opposition a stiff dose of doubles trouble as the senior girls’ teams of Simone/Natalie Desjardins and Jen Lawson/Sarah Paterson try to smash […]
Christin Thomson probably would be the first to say she’s had more fun on the links than what took place last weekend. The Fort Frances native, a member of the inaugural St. John’s Red Storm women’s golf team, finished tied for a season-low 65th overall in the individual competition at […]
Bo Derek has nothing on these perfect 10s. Gillons’ closed an amazing decade-long run last Thursday night by winning their 10th-consecutive Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League title at Fort High, downing regular-season champion Scared Hitless 2-1 in the deciding best-of-three series. After coming within a game of being eliminated in […]
