It took one bounce in the last minute of the third period to turn a would-be Borderland Thunder comeback road victory into a 5-5 tie against the first-place Dryden Ice Dogs on Wednesday night. After pulling their goalie, Dryden’s Mike English capped a natural hat trick by banking the puck […]
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Rainy River native and former world champ Diane Adams still remembers her first bonspiel win. It was 1977. She was in grade seven and helped her rink take top honours at a junior bonspiel at the Rainy River Curling Club. “That was years ago,” recalled Adams (nee Wolanicki), 36, from […]
Things will come full circle for the fourth-place Muskie boys’ hockey team tonight when they host the front-running Kenora Broncos. A season-opening 4-1 loss in Kenora on Nov. 20 tripped the Muskies out of the gate—and they’ve struggled since en route to a 1-5 record, including a pair of losses […]
The local Knights of Columbus PeeWee ‘AA’ hockey team took top honours at the annual Lake of the Woods tournament in Baudette, Mn. over the weekend. Josh Sigurdson and Paul Dobransky scored in a 2-1 win over the Roseau Rams in the final. Wade Friesen earned the win in goal. […]
Sarah Barton tripled the Red Lake Rams’ total offence over the weekend here, scoring six times in leading the Muskie girls’ hockey team to a 7-1 win Friday and 8-1 on Saturday. The wins boosted the Muskies to 2-2 in NorWOSSA play while Red Lake dropped to 0-3. But it […]
An eight-team junior girls’ volleyball tournament today and tomorrow at Fort High is intended to give Muskie head coach Struchan Gilson a first look at his roster as they begin defence of their NorWOSSA title next week. Gilson is stressing the tourney as a way to get his team’s feet […]
The Borderland Thunder’s showdown in Dryden last night was postponed due to poor road conditions—the second time in a week the team has had to miss a road game. Team officials and their bus service decided it wouldn’t be a good idea to attempt the drive up Highway 502 based […]
Provincial berths have been far and few between for the Muskie senior boys’ basketball program over the years. But after qualifying for OFSAA last season, the players have developed a taste for it. “Since we went to provincials last year, you just can’t shoot [to win] NorWOSSA,” said third-year senior […]
Provincial berths have been far and few between for the Muskie senior boys’ basketball program over the years. But after qualifying for OFSAA last season, the players have developed a taste for it. “Since we went to provincials last year, you just can’t shoot [to win] NorWOSSA,” said third-year senior […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team will look to even their NorWOSSA record tonight—and earn a share of second place—when they battle the Eagles in Dryden. The black-and-gold currently sits in fourth place in the standings with a 1-2 record. Dryden is second entering action with a 2-1 mark. The Kenora […]
The Muskies were down but never gave up—and it paid off. Trailing 4-1 in the second period, the black-and-gold rallied to upend Chisholm 7-4 on Friday night at the “Ice for Kids” Arena here to improve their exhibition record to 1-1. The Muskies iced the comeback with a three-goal outburst […]
The local Taggs Bantam ‘AA’ hockey team won its home tournament after a 6-0 win against the Neebing Hawks in the final Sunday afternoon. Goals by Tyler Barker and Shane Belluz about 30 seconds apart in the second period put Taggs up 4-0 and blew open a close game. Barker […]
