The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres held an open camp at the Ice for Kids Arena over the weekend in hopes of finding some pieces to round out the team’s main training camp that begins next Thursday (Aug. 21).
And a strong contingent of rookies impressed the coaching staff enough to get their names posted on the list after Sunday’s final scrimmage.

Looking to improve on last year’s winless record, returning head coach Vince Gouin has been busy organizing the Muskie football camp for the upcoming season.
Fitness testing and the handing out of equipment will take place this Sunday (Aug. 17) from 6-8 p.m. at Muskie Field.
Training camp officially will open with practice on Monday (Aug. 18) from 5-8:30 p.m., and is open to anyone entering Grade 9-12 at Fort High this fall.
“We’re trying to get things rolling earlier and be a lot busier than we have been in the past leading into the year,” Gouin remarked.

Under a beautiful, late-afternoon sky, with shadows splashing across the green and a contingent of spectators standing on the clubhouse deck overlooking the 18th green, Taylor Jorgenson tapped in for par to cap a four-shot victory at the annual Kitchen Creek Classic yesterday.
The 17-year-old shot a one-over 73 to go with his one-under 71 on Saturday—making him the youngest-ever winner of the “Classic” at Kitchen Creek Golf Course.
“That was a fun day,” Jorgenson said matter-of-factly. “For the next year at least, I’m the champ and that’s a pretty wicked feeling.”

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich.—Rich Beem stood over his tee shot on the 18th hole during his final practice session for the PGA Championship, trained his eye down the narrow fairway squeezed between bunkers, waggled his driver, and then backed off.
“This is the hardest hole I’ve ever played,” he said yesterday.
Then he smoked his tee shot with the slightest draw and saw it hop to the left on a canted fairway and disappear into the bunker.
“And it just got harder,” he said before walking off.

GREEN BAY, Wis.—The month-long saga of Brett Favre’s unretirement ended last night when he was traded by the Green Bay Packers to the N.Y. Jets.
The Packers had been talking with the Jets and Tampa Bay Buccaneers since deciding earlier this week that they no longer could co-exist with the player who won a Super Bowl and three MVP awards in 16 years with the team.
Terms of the trade weren’t immediately available.
The Packers decided to move forward with Aaron Rodgers as their starting quarterback after Favre announced his retirement in March.

They’re battered and bruised, and tied for last in the East Division standings. But Michael Fletcher said the Toronto Argonauts can’t afford to look past the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
The Ticats (1-5), who’ve lost four-straight, will be without starting quarterback Casey Printers (thumb) and rushing leader Jesse Lumsden (ankle) when they face Toronto (3-3) at Ivor Wynne Stadium tonight.

Gio Gonzalez shook off a rude welcome to the major leagues and showed why he’s considered Oakland’s top pitching prospect.
But it still wasn’t enough to give the slumping Athletics a win, thanks to a stellar—and much-needed—performance from Toronto’s Shawn Marcum.
Rod Barajas hit a three-run homer, and Marcum pitched seven strong innings, as the host Blue Jays beat Oakland 5-1 last night to extend the Athletics’ season-long losing streak to nine games.

Jeff Karstens is showing the Pittsburgh Pirates he’s worth the player of the week they traded to get him.
The recently-acquired right-hander set down his first 23 batters and finished with a two-hitter yesterday afternoon in a 2-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Since being traded to the Pirates, he’s thrown 15 scoreless innings against two first-place teams.
This masterpiece followed his debut—a 3-0 victory Friday over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.
“We knew what he was capable of doing,” Pirates’ manager John Russell said. “We had very good reports on him.

The Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship puts just as much stock in the live release of tournament fish as anglers do in catching them.
To ensure smallmouth bass are returned to the lake with the best possible care, an intricate system backstage at the annual tournament is carried out by dedicated volunteers headed by the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club.
This year saw only 23 bass die (out of 1,510) prior to release, whereas last year saw 83 deaths (out of 1,928 caught).

Aspiring players hoping to crack the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres’ roster will be looking to make a lasting impression this weekend.
Registration for the Sabres’ rookie camp, which costs $50, begins Friday at 1 p.m. Those interested are asked to bring work-out clothes as off-ice testing will begin at 1:30 p.m.
Then later that evening, Team #1 will practice at 6:15 p.m., followed by Team #2 at 7:15 and Team #3 at 8:15.
Full scrimmages will follow Saturday, with Game 1 at 9:15 a.m., Game 2 at 2:15 p.m., and Game 3 at 7:15 p.m.