The Muskie girls’ hockey team went winless at the annual Early Bird Scrimmage Fest in Warroad, Mn. last weekend. The black-and-gold fell 3-1 to Roseau, 5-1 to host Warroad, and 4-2 to Thief River Falls. Carrie Johnson led the Muskie scorers with two goals and one assist, with Stephanie Strachan […]
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The Borderland Racing Association held its year-end meeting Saturday at the Emo Inn and elected a new executive for 2002—though many of the names remain the same. New to the executive will be Dane Lowey, Jake Hassbargen, and Denny Trimble, who will all join as directors. Hassbargen and Trimble both […]
Four junior players from the Sunset Country Squash Club will see their first tournament action of the season this weekend at the Western Canadian Open in Winnipeg. Megan Canfield, Steven Krag, and Richard and Drew Allan have been putting in their time at the Memorial Sports Centre squash courts for […]
For a team that got eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, the football Muskies are content with the season that was. “[The coaching staff] told them they played a heck of a game,” said Muskie ‘A’ head coach Bob Swing on the mood in his team’s locker room […]
Liniment league players will suit up at the Memorial Sports Centre this weekend for the first-annual Mark Hopkins Memorial hockey tournament. Twelve teams will take to the “Ice for Kids” and “52 Canadians” arenas starting Friday at 7 p.m., with play continuing until the finals Sunday afternoon. Squads from […]
The Muskies’ first season in the Winnipeg High School Football League ended in the quarter-finals Friday, falling to the Churchill Bulldogs 21-14 at Canad Inns Stadium. Down 7-0 at the half, the Muskies (4-4) battled back to take the lead 14-7 early in the third quarter after running back Jock […]
Saturday night’s aggressive and penalty-riddled contest between the Borderland Thunder and visiting Northwest Knights left something opposing head coaches Wayne Strachan and Don Babineau could agree on. They weren’t happy with the calls. “The ref tried to take the game over,” said Strachan after his team beat the Knights 5-2 […]
CBC’s “Hockey Day in Canada” will be in Fort Frances in January to film segments of Saturday afternoon minor hockey games. The three-and-a-half hour show will air live across the country beginning at noon (EST) on Jan. 5, with shots of games here being shown periodically throughout the broadcast. Dave […]
Borderland Thunder head coach Wayne Strachan said he and his coaches will focus attention on preparing the team for this weekend’s home games rather than their debacle Wednesday night in Dryden—an 8-3 smoking at the hands of the Ice Dogs. The Thunder (5-2-2) will host the Northwest Wisconsin Knights Friday […]
Wheels to Meals held its first carpet bowling tournament at the Emo Legion last Thursday afternoon with 18 players divided into five teams participating. The tourney ws organized by Wendy Schrumm. Those taking part were Edith Irvine, Marcine James, and Lorette Hartnell (Team #1); Mollie Crozier, Kari Upton, and Maurice […]
With their first meet looming this weekend, veteran members of the Fort Frances Aquanauts have been pleasantly surprised how much swimming they’ve already done in practice. New head coach Roman Ramirez has upped his ‘A’ and ‘B’ competitive swimmers’ length to 5,000 metres a session—up 3,000 from last season. The […]
Step one of the Muskies’ first year in the Winnipeg High School Football League has been completed: get a feel for every team and gain confidence heading into the playoffs. They’ve done that—finishing the regular season in fourth-place with a 4-3 record after beating the Sisler Spartans 26-17 last Friday […]
