Joey Payeur Marlee Bliss punched the air joyfully after scoring her hat trick goal in a 7-1 win for the Fort Frances Bruins over the Lake of the Woods Storm in the final of the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association’s Novice tournament Sunday at the Ice For Kids Arena.

Staff If the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team was going to make a dent in the NorWOSSA win column, it was going to take a group effort. Coach Angela Petsnick saw that group band together and weather a late push by the Kenora Broncos to earn a 45-43 decision here […]

Staff The Fort Frances Bruins simply were too much to “bear” for any of their opponents. Addison Chown and Marlee Bliss combined for all seven goals as the Bruins dumped the Lake of the Woods Storm 7-1 in the final of the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association’s Novice division tournament […]

Joey Payeur Maverick Lynes of the Lakers knocked himself for a loop unloading this blueline blast during his team’s 2-1 loss to the English River Miners in SIJHL play Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena.

Joey Payeur The Muskie Nordic ski team is learning quickly how being quick learners pays dividends. At the NorWOSSA championships in Kenora last Wednesday, the black-and-gold contingent smashed their own expectations with eight top-10 finishes and a flurry of personal best times. Fort High then continued that momentum into the […]

Nathalie Von Niebelschutz Greta Fedoruk was one of two Border Skating Club members to qualify for next month’s Skate Ontario Championships after winning her division at the “Festival of Stars” competition in Sault Ste. Marie over the weekend.

Joey Payeur The next Robin Hood, William Tell, or Hawkeye may be lurking somewhere within the intermediate student population of Rainy River District. Sturgeon Creek School’s gym will double as Sherwood Forest this Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. when the Rainy River District Athletic Association unveils its inaugural Grade 7-8 […]

Muskie captain Mike Drouin had the shooter’s touch as he beat International Falls Broncos’ goalie Jake Klow with this third-period laser during a power play for the insurance marker in Fort High’s 5-3 win here Monday night to sweep this season’s two-game “Border Battle” exhibition series.

Joey Payeur The Muskie girls’ hockey team showed impressive school spirit by coming out to support their black-and-gold male counterparts during Monday night’s game.

Joey Payeur They might have thought going in that they were in over their heads. But the Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team left Thunder Bay knowing they had proved they belonged on the same court as their more experienced opponents. Coach Bob Kowal indicated as much after his squad reached […]

Joey Payeur Todd Hamilton was seeing red after his Muskie girls’ hockey team’s first outing last week against the Sioux Lookout Warriors. He was seeing progress after the second–and also seeing a future which has the black-and-gold in the post-season catbird seat. The Muskies will have home-ice advantage throughout the […]

Joey Payeur Alex Gartzke seemed to be defying some laws of physics by the angle on her stick with this bullet in last Wednesday’s game.