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 […]
Local Sports
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 […]
The winter indoor soccer program will hold an information meeting at the Fort Frances High School cafeteria Wednesday at 7 p.m. to discuss the upcoming practice sessions and schedule of tournaments. “It’s a chance for an idea and information exchange,” committee member John Pierce said Tuesday. “What ideas people from […]
The Muskie junior girls’ basketball team enter their annual invitational tournament tonight and tomorrow with a 4-1 NorWOSSA record after beating the Kenora Broncos 34-24 there yesterday. Sarah Barton led the way with 10 points, followed by Carley McCormick (eight). Rebecca Cornell and Laura Busch also chipped in with six […]
It was a tough way for the Muskie ‘B’ team’s football season to end. The “Bees” suffered their worst loss of their season—a 55-6 romp at the hands of the Roseau Rams there Tuesday—to wrap up the exhibition campaign with an 0-5 record. Muskie co-coach Todd Calder said they were […]
If the Muskie ‘A’ football team thought their inaugural season in the Winnipeg High School Football League has been an eye-opener so far, they’ll have another lesson when they take to the artificial turf at Winnipeg Stadium this Friday. “I don’t think any of them have ever played there,” said […]
The rinks weren’t piped onto the ice like during a bonspiel or the Nokia Brier. And there were no wild parties afterwards reminiscent of the infamous “Brier Patch.” Yet the cool chill of a curling rink—complete with freshly-pebbled sheets of ice—is unmistakable, be it on a national stage or the […]
As the second half of the NorWOSSA season for the four Muskie court teams gets underway tomorrow in Kenora, the black-and-gold find themselves in varying positions. So far, the junior girls’ basketball team has been the most successful of the bunch—sporting a 3-1 record at the midway point of their […]
Less than two weeks before competing in their first meet, a dozen Aquanauts headed to Kenora last weekend for a seminar featuring the technical director of Swim Ontario. Cliff Barry, former coach of the late Victor Davis, a Canadian Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer, said the main emphasis of the three-hour […]
If the Muskie ‘A’ football team thought their inaugural season in the Winnipeg High School Football League has been an eye-opener so far, they’ll have another lesson when they take to the artificial turf at Winnipeg Stadium this Friday. “I don’t think any of them have ever played there,” said […]
As the second half of the NorWOSSA season for the four Muskie court teams gets underway tomorrow in Kenora, the black-and-gold find themselves in varying positions. So far, the junior girls’ basketball team has been the most successful of the bunch—sporting a 3-1 record at the midway point of their […]
