Jamie Mountain The local Northern Lights School of Skating had 12 figure skaters participate in the ninth-annual Ice Box Days Competition, sponsored by the International Falls Figure Skating Club, held at Bronco Arena on Sunday. A total of four skaters from the Pre-StarSkate (which is a modified learn-to-skate program with […]
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Staff Captain Jill Calder and Abbie Kenny both scored twice, to pace the Muskie girls’ hockey team to a 7-0 rout of the International Falls Broncos last night at the Ice For Kids Arena. With the win, the Muskies swept the annual two-game “Border Battle” exhibition series, after also claiming […]
Staff It was another job well done for the Muskie Nordic skiing team at the NorWOSSA championships held in Kenora on Friday. The six-member contingent that Fort High sent all put in solid performances yet again at the Mount Evergreen Ski Club trails. Emma Toriseva nabbed a silver in the […]
Staff All four Muskie court sports teams were able to garner wins over the visiting Kenora Broncos in NorWOSSA action on Thursday afternoon. In girls’ volleyball action, the seniors improved to a league-best 5-0 with a 2-0 win over the Broncos. The set scores were 25-11 and 25-12. Fort High […]
Staff The SIJHL has announced that tonight’s game (Friday, Jan. 17) between the Thunder Bay North Stars and Fort Frances Lakers at the Ice For Kids Arena has been postponed. The cause of the postponement is due to a heavy snowfall warning that is in effect, which is expected to […]
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It was a great night for the Muskie hockey teams but not so much for the visiting Kenora Broncos.Both the Muskie girls’ and boys’ squads came away with sizeable wins on Tuesday night in NorWOSSA action. Issy Taylor scored twice to pace the girls’ squad to a 7-1 romp over […]
Staff Parker Brakebill picked the perfect time to notch his first goal of the new year as his tally 15 seconds into overtime finished off a 3-2 comeback win for the Wisconsin Lumberjacks over the visiting Fort Frances Lakers in SIJHL action last night at the Spooner Civic Center. Fort […]
Staff The Fort Frances PeeWee ‘AA’ Canadians were unable to advance to the championship game of their annual home tournament and the Warroad Warriors took full advantage of it. Damon Skappel and Devin McCormick both netted hat tricks to pace the Warriors to a 9-1 rout of the International Falls […]
Jamie Mountain It was a great weekend for the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team as they finished with a silver medal at the annual Falcon Invitational Tournament held in Thunder Bay on Friday and Saturday. The black-and-gold opened play on Friday with a 57-47 win over the Hammarskjold Vikings. The […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie girls’ and Rainy River Owls’ boys’ curling rinks passed their first tests of the season with flying colours this week. Both squads put in an excellent two days of curling and topped their respective divisions at the NorWOSSA qualifier held on Sunday and Monday at the […]
Jamie Mountain With both an SIJHL championship and a Dudley-Hewitt Cup title on their minds, the Fort Frances Lakers have made some moves to bolster the team for the stretch run of the season. In the first of three transactions on Friday, which also was the CJHL’s annual trade deadline, […]
Jamie Mountain They put the effort in and got rewarded in the end. The Muskie boys’ hockey team compiled a 3-0-1 record en route to winning the ‘B’-side title at the annual Piper Classic Tournament of Champions held in Winnipeg Friday through Sunday. Although his squad had higher aspirations in […]
