Brandon Croswell of Emo looked right at home on his home track, placing in the top three twice during the Superior Dirt Riders Northern Ontario doubleheader weekend in late June at the Emo Motocross course.
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Members of the Muskie boys’ soccer team were jubilant over capturing a seventh-straight NorWOSSA crown with a 4-0 victory over the Dryden Eagles in the league final held in Kenora in late May.
1980 Muskie senior girls’ hoopsters Laurie Moxham, left, Tracy Roach, Kathy Kolynchuk, and Jean Bujold were part of the group that became the first women–and first basketball players–inducted into the Fort Frances Sports Hall of Fame back in August.
Immaculata Saints’ captain Jacob Bays, left, and Muskie captain Mike Drouin squared off in the ceremonial face-off to open the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ boys’ hockey championship here back in March as Coun. Ken Perry (representing Fort Frances) dropped the puck flanked by Lucille Morrisseau (representing Couchiching First Nation) and Lori-Ann Shortreed […]
Muskie teammates Jyllian Westover (left) and Tory Beaudry raced side by side in the girls’ 100m hurdles event during the Bronco Booster varsity meet in International Falls back in April.
Staff The Muskies overcame a slow start to grab a commanding lead in their NorWOSSA showdown last Thursday afternoon against the host Dryden Eagles. Then everything fell apart. Trailing 19-9 in the first set, the Muskies stormed back to win it 26-24. The black-and-gold then carried that momentum into the […]
It was two doses of rolling thunder from Thunder Bay as David Simpson (70JR) and Don Craig (47) went wheel-to-wheel around Turn #4 during the annual two-day Rea Memorial races held in conjunction with the Emo Fair in August.
Couchiching Raiders’ catcher Wade Johnson, above, was on the receiving end of a throw that arrived a moment too late to get Stratton Eagles’ runner Jake Vandenbrand during Rainy River District Fastball League action in late August. Meanwhile, at top right, Makinnley McCormick of Burriss snared 2016 Emo Walleye Classic […]
Star Muskie running back Sekina Scheibler charged his way to 309 rushing yards and six touchdowns in Fort High’s 42-18 win over the host Maples Marauders in their WHSFL season-opener on Sept. 8. His season-long exploits garnered him the Offensive Player of the Year Award in the Andy Currie Division […]
Troy Norman of Fort Frances, left, and Jay Samsal of Kenora weighed in a three-day total of 55.23 pounds to capture the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship for the second-straight year in July.
Jocelyn Lemieux fist-bumped with fellow former NHL’er Dave McLlwain and the rest of the “Legends” team, coached by L.A. Kings superstar Marcel Dionne, prior to their charity exhibition game against a team comprised of local talent. The “Legends” wound up prevailing 7-5.
Project chairman Rick Wiedenhoeft, left, Kenora-Rainy River MPP Sarah Campbell, and Mayor Roy Avis officially opened the Fort Frances Multi-Use Courts with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting on Aug. 18.
