A trio of home runs powered the Barwick Blue Knights to a 9-5 win over the Fort Frances Braves to open the Rainy River District Men’s Fastball League championship final.
Vaughan Wilson, Mike Anderson, and Jaxon Calder all went yard for the Knights.
Mike Parisien slugged a pair for the Braves.
Game two goes Tuesday.
International Falls Broncos girls volleyball team opened their season with a straight-set win over Two Harbors.
Chloe Sullivan led with 14 kills and 5 ace serves.
Maddy Lorenson had 16 set assists.
In racing, Matt Depiero finished 7th in the modified feature at Grand Rapids Speedway.
Jeff Davis was 9th in the same race while Cameron Brown of Rainy River was 12th.
In the mid-west modified feature, Joey Krause of International Falls placed 11th.
At Red River Co-op Speedway in Winnipeg, Emo’s Christopher Leek raced to a 9th place finish in the midwest modified feature.
Fishing in the International Falls Bass Championship gets underway this morning.
Sixty-one teams are competing.
Kenora’s Jeff Gustafson and Scott Dingwell are back as defending champions.
First day weigh-ins at Smokey Bear Park begin at 4 p.m.
