The Fort Frances Braves are looking like a well-oiled machine with championship aspirations on its mind.
Travis Tom homered twice to pace the top-ranked Braves to a 11-3 romp over the second-seeded Sight & Sound Wolves in Rainy River District Fastball League third-round East Division playoff action at VanJura.
It was time for a pair of new faces to shine at the Emo Speedway on Saturday night.
Tyler Brown and Aaron Blacklance both nabbed their first checkered flags of the Borderland Racing Association season in the WISSOTA Modifieds and Midwest Modifieds divisions.
Brown, from Rainy River, earned his win over the likes of Brady Caul of Fort Frances and hometown star Brody Strachan.
Local MPP Greg Rickford recently finalized agreements for three constituency offices across the Kenora-Rainy River riding.
“For Fort Frances, we finalized the lease,” Rickford said Friday in a conference call with the Times.
“We'll be in the downtown core with a great offering for folks down there,” he noted.
Earlier this month, the Ontario government announced the curriculum modernization summer writing sessions were being cancelled.
The modernization process was aimed at including First Nation, Métis, and Inuit partners while developing the new curriculum, which was one of the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report.
The tide is starting to turn for Manitou Forest Products in the Borderland Soccer League.
After snapping a six-game losing streak last Wednesday with a 1-0 win over Centra Pipelines, they battled top-ranked CJ Contracting to a 1-1 tie in men's division action Monday night.
Jeremy Nussbaumer netted Manitou's (4-6-2) lone goal while Jacob Albright was solid between the pipes.
The Race of Champions Mid-season Shootout was the perfect time for Gavin Paull to shine once again.
The Fort Frances native claimed his third feature win of the year in the WISSOTA Modifieds division, and also took the lead in the points standings, in Borderland Racing Association action Saturday night at the Emo Speedway.
No matter the opponent, the Fort Frances Braves only know one thing: winning.
Brett Mann crushed a three-run homer in the third inning to pace the top-ranked Braves to a 13-2 drubbing of fourth-seeded Windey's Warriors last Thursday evening at VanJura in the second round of the six-team, double-elimination Rainy River District Fastball League playoffs.
Manitou Rapids was the place to be last Wednesday evening if you like offence.
Team #1 blew things wide-open with a five-run fifth inning en route to a 15-3 rout of Team #2 in the Rainy River District Women's Fastball League's annual all-star game.
A pair of faces were all smiles Saturday afternoon at the 24th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship.
Bryan Gustafson and Brian McNanney produced a three-day haul of 51.57 pounds to claim their first-ever FFCBC title in front of a joyous crowd under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina.
With the nomination deadline coming up next Friday (July 27), more district individuals have filed their papers to run in the Oct. 22 municipal election.
In Fort Frances, newcomer Clinton D. C. Gray is the newest candidate running for one of six seats on town council. Gray filed his nomination last Thursday afternoon.
