Five junior players from the Fort Frances Badminton Club competed at the Winnipeg Winter Club Invitational over the weekend. Tyson Storkson, Derek Thompson, and Adrian Bondett all competed in the boys’ singles ‘C’ division but were quickly relegated to the consolation side. Bondett went the furthest of the three, losing […]
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With just two days to go before four Aquanauts make their first-ever appearance at the junior provincial swim meet in Brantford, head coach Roman Ramirez said all the necessary physical preparations are complete. All that remains is making sure Karli McKinnon, Jessica Cousineau, and Rachel and Heather Dutton are mentally […]
Since the season began, the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team has been waiting for the chance to face-off against the Hill-crest Colts—Thunder Bay’s top dog and their NWOSSAA rival from a year ago. The defending champs invited the Colts to their home tournament and tried to organize exhibition games, only […]
The Muskie court teams failed to repeat last year’s sweep of NorWOSSA gold Friday in Kenora, but all four teams did reach their respective finals—with two earning gold. The senior boys’ earned their third-straight NorWOSSA basketball title with a 54-44 win over the host Broncos in final. Jamie Algie and […]
Both the Muskie boys’ and girls’ hockey teams were swept 2-0 by the Dryden Eagles in their respective best-of-three NorWOSSA semi-finals. The girls’ team made a valiant effort here Sunday afternoon to extend their season, capping a rally from a 3-0 deficit on a backhander by Trista Barker with just […]
After their emotional rally to make the playoffs, the surging Muskie boys’ hockey team will have to bear down even more as they begin their best-of-three NorWOSSA semi-final Friday night against the first-place Dryden Eagles. The black-and-gold are on a high after Tuesday’s 3-2 win in their regular-season finale against […]
Both the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team and junior girls’ volleyball squads won their semi-final matches at the NorWOSSA playoffs today in Kenora. The boys, who had finished with a 2-6 record during the regular season, beat Kenora 37-29 to advance to the final later today against the first-place Dryden […]
The Muskie girls’ hockey team begins play in the first-ever NorWOSSA playoffs Friday afternoon knowing they can hang tough with the host Dryden Eagles. The best-of-three semi-final showdown resumes here Sunday at 4 p.m., with Game 3, if necessary, back in Dryden on Tuesday afternoon. The winner will advance to […]
Kelly Nielson’s Muskie curling rink went 1-2 at the NorWOSSA curling playdowns in Sioux Lookout this week to finish third, failing to claim one of two berths to the NWOSSAA finals next month. The Grade 12 skip and her foursome, including third Amy Nielson, second Amber Sheloff, and lead Kate […]
More cold than hot. More bad than good. That was the theme for local skip Lorne Jackson’s first appearance at the Northern Ontario men’s playdowns in Kapuskasing last week, where his rink finished with a 3-5 record in the round-robin to fall short of a playoff berth. “Yes and no,” […]
All four Muskie court teams will be gunning to defend their respective NorWOSSA titles this Friday in Kenora. But three of them will have to get through the semi-finals first to advance to the final and hopefully win gold again. Only the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team, which finished atop […]
Twenty teams in five age divisions descended on the Memorial Sports Centre last weekend for the fourth-annual Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Minor Hockey Association tournament. No championships were claimed by the five local teams, but the tournament still was deemed a success as the biggest field yet competed. “It’s been an […]
