Students from 16 elementary schools from across the area competed in the fourth-annual Rainy River District cross-country championships at Crossroads in Devlin last Wednesday. Close to 300 runners from grades four to eight took part in the event, which Crossroads principal Brian Love said fell on one of the last […]
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The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team lost some tough games at the Pizza Hut Thanksgiving Classic tournament in Thunder Bay last weekend. They opened play Friday night with a 32-25 loss to St. Patrick’s. Allison Hyatt led the Muskies with nine points, while Carling Barton netted six and Andrea Boileau […]
The Tagg’s Bantam ‘AA’ hockey team dumped the Dryden Hornets 8-1 here Saturday in their first exhibition game of the season. After the game, head coach Dave Egan had to make his final three roster cuts to finalize the team at 17 players. “They made it very tough for us. […]
The Borderland Thunder have the right ingredients heading into their first set of home games this weekend–a 4-1-1 record, a taste of first place in the young Superior International Junior Hockey League, and a team that’s starting to come together. “It’ll be big. We’ve got a lot of fan support […]
The Borderland Thunder took over first place in the inaugural Superior International Junior Hockey League after going undefeated on the weekend in Thunder Bay. The Thunder beat the Bulldogs 4-1 on Friday and 4-3 on Saturday before the Feathermen Hawks rallied with a late goal Sunday to earn a 3-3 […]
The Muskie ‘A’ football team used a stingy defence with a dash of clutch plays to edge the Churchill Bulldogs 10-7 during the annual Homecoming game here Friday afternoon. Trailing 7-3, the turning point came on the final play of the first half when Muskie wide receiver Adam McTavish caught […]
After losing their first three NorWOSSA matches in close five-set affairs, the Muskie junior boys’ volleyball finally came out on the positive side of a do-or-die game against the Kenora Broncos here yesterday. “I’m happy. We’ve been working very hard in practice,” said head coach Greg Ste. Croix, whose team […]
The draw for the final 40 berths into next year’s Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship was held last night and aired live on Channel 11. The following are the first 40 teams eligible to compete. The top 10 of the 66 additional teams on the waiting list also are included. […]
The Borderland Thunder’s first regular-season action in the Superior International Junior Hockey League last weekend in Thunder Bay featured a little bit of everything–from rebounding after a tough opening loss to a 13-player brawl. After losing 6-5 to the Bulldogs on Friday, the Thunder stormed back to beat the Wolves […]
Muskie head coach Bob Swing sounded like a road weary coach after Monday’s practice. And you can’t blame him. His team has played three-straight Fridays in Winnipeg–and all of those contests were against opponents celebrating their Homecoming game. Coming off a disappointing 27-22 loss to the River East Kodiaks, the […]
For longtime hunter Ray Coran, the opening of moose and deer season is his favourite time of year. “I like that first weekend because you get that first run,” he remarked. “They’re not spooked yet. They don’t pair up and there’s more of those gun shy ones.” “I just love […]
The Muskies were on the wrong end of a seesaw affair in Winnipeg on Friday as the River East Kodiaks came back to bite them 27-22. The black-and-gold surrendered the first score of the game after a blocked field goal attempt by Adam McTavish was recovered by River East for […]
