Lacking a strong bench, the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team was crushed 70-38 by a potent Hammarskjold lineup in the final of the 22nd-annual McDonald’s/Tiger Tip-Off tournament in Thunder Bay last Friday. With just nine players, including several rookies, the Muskies were thin on veterans. And that lack of experience […]
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In a sport that’s grown as sharply as one of its turns on the track, Kitty Cat racing soon will be making an appearance in Fort Frances with the Canadian Kitty Cat Championship. Fort Frances has been accepted to host the final race of an 11-race schedule on the K.C. […]
The Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team will be looking to claim their fifth-straight NorWOSSA crown when they begin league play here next Tuesday against the Dryden Eagles. But after seeing the powerful Eagles in action at a tournament here over the weekend, long-time Muskie head coach Struchan Gilson admitted his […]
Aquanaut head coach Debbie Murray called it one of their best performances ever at the Prairie Winter Invitational swim meet at the Pan Am Pool in Winnipeg over the weekend. “It was excellent, it couldn’t have been any better,” she enthused yesterday afternoon. “There were lots of personal bests–a high […]
Hillary Morgan came home with a silver medal–and a berth to the Ontario Winter Games–after placing second at the provincial qualifier Sunday in Thunder Bay. Morgan was among six athletes selected to represent Northwestern Ontario in women’s artistic gymnastics at the Winter Games coming up March 16-19 in Sault Ste. […]
The Emo Rockets scored seven third-period goals to blast tagg’s (Fort Frances) 10-2 in recent Novice minor hockey action. Ryan Witherspoon once again had the hot stick with five goals while Luke Judson (two), Chris Mutz, Charlie DeBungee, and Deanna Saunders rounded out the scoring. Mitchel Cain scored both tagg’s […]
When you are the defending provincial champion, everybody is gunning to beat you. And that’s exactly what Ashley Kallos and Krista Scarf, both of the Fort William Curling Club, did against the Angela Lee rink of Stratton at the Northwestern junior women’s curling playdowns in Marathon last week. Lee–the defending […]
The Muskies will be looking to keep their perfect record intact to start the season when they host the Baudette Bears on Friday at 7:30 p.m. The black-and-gold improved to 8-0 (6-0 in NorWOSSA play and 2-0 versus American teams) with a 3-2 overtime victory in Chisholm last Friday night. […]
Dear sir: My best wishes and goodwill for the renewed arena. But who changes names in mid-stream? Unless it’s a business venture or a marriage–and sometimes not even then. So why strip the signature from our Memorial Arena? It’s our heritage from the past, it’s part of a legacy we […]
Dear editor: I would appreciate an opportunity to respond to a letter written by Crystal Rathwell, published in your Nov. 24 issue, regarding cancellation of the Remembrance Day ceremony at Barwick. Ms. Rathwell refers to the “powers that be” cancelling services in Barwick and says that no one could give […]
Dear editor: I want to give a huge heartfilled thank you to Dave Egan and the rest of the “Ice for Kids” committee. It has been a long uphill struggle all the way but you’ve done it! Our community now has a facility being built that we can all be […]
