It’ll be a tough climb for Brian Beers to make the cut at the Canadian Club Champions Championship. Heading into third-round play today, the Kitchen Creek men’s champ finds himself about 13 shots out of 70th place with a 27-over 169 after two rounds at the par-71 Whistler Golf Course. […]
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After a slew of cancellations due to player shortages and Mother Nature, both local men’s and women’s soccer leagues are getting things back on track. A heartening sign was all scheduled games were completed last week—the first time that’s happened since the season began earlier this month. Entering this week’s […]
Citing a need for parity amid recent expansion, the Nor-WOSSA girls’ hockey conference will be split into two divisions next season. Sioux Lookout and St. Thomas Aquinas (Kenora)—which will unveil girls’ high school hockey programs this fall—will join Red Lake in the newly-formed ‘A’ division. Fort Frances, Dryden, and the […]
The playoff run for local Little League teams is in full swing across the river. However, it may be a quick one for all three 11-12 year old boys’ teams, who face elimination in their nine-team, double-knockout format. The ninth-ranked Lions upended eighth-ranked (and fellow local squad) pinewoodsports.com 17-15 on […]
Rub-dub-dub, Travis Mykytyn is goin’ back in the tub. Despite being one of the youngest racers in the field, Mykytyn is looking to improve on last year’s fourth-place finish at the annual bathtub races July 1 at Pither’s Point. It was his first year of racing—but certainly not his last. […]
Rainy River Legion extended its record to a league-best 8-1 mark with a come-from-behind victory over Barwick in Rainy River District Fastball League action last Thursday. Trailing 5-3 after six innings, the Legion scored a pair of runs in the top of the seventh to send the game to extra […]
This year’s annual spring 3-D archery meet lacked the presence of out-of-town shooters but fun was had by participating locals. The event was limited to 14 archers, who ran a practice outing on the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club grounds at Frog Creek with their animal targets. “It was a pretty […]
Brian Beers is as excited—and nervous—as a 42-year-old rookie can be. The reigning Kitchen Creek men’s champ is testing the amateur tournament waters for the first time this week at the 17th-annual Canadian Club Champions Championship in Whistler, B.C. “It’s more of an excited kind of nervous,” Beers said Friday […]
Principal Don McBride welcomed everyone as Sturgeon Creek said farewell to its Grade 8 graduates. The theme for this year’s ceremony was “Dreaming, Believing and Achieving.” The gym was decorated with green/yellow balloons and streamers, with small lights inserted in them, to give it that enchanting atmosphere. Opening with “O […]
The Emo Fair is looking for the district’s finest vocalists—be they of the Ozzy Osbourne or Shania Twain variety. “The ‘Grandstand Jam’ will be going on Saturday, Aug. 17 during the Emo Fair,” said organizer Candy Greengrass. “It’s a singing contest for kids ages eight-19. “‘Thinking of Pinky’ will be […]
It may have taken almost an extra week but the provincial government last Wednesday also declared the Township of Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls a disaster area. This means the municipality is eligible for funding under the Ontario Disaster Relief Assistance Program (ODRAP). Despite the delay, Reeve Jerry O’Leary praised the provincial […]
Although rain dampened the weekend and the ball diamond in Devlin, it didn’t stop a ball tournament from being completed. When the dust finally settled Sunday, Shade had taken the ‘A’ side crown, the Clippers had won the ‘B’ event, while the River Rats, of Devlin, had captured the ‘C’ […]
