Longtime Muskies Adam McTavish and Sarah Noonan won’t be leaving Fort High empty-handed. The two collected most valuable player awards in each sport they played this past school year–and took home their respective Athlete of the Year awards. McTavish and Noonan, along with Siobhan Devlin, also were named to the […]
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The Aquanauts put the finishing touches on their season with an awards banquet last night. Here is the list of winners: •Recognition of overall attitude, effort and improvement–Jillian Kellar, Suzanne Sonnasinh, Keegan Little, Nicole Lowey, Matthew Parent, Kenneth Kellar, Kyle Perrott, and Lauren Krueger; •Competitive Freestyle (George Mayhew Trophy)–Rachel Dutton […]
Muskie basketball standout Evan Woodland can do little wrong as his days at Fort High end and his academic and athletic career at the University of Manitoba stand three months away. For instance, when asked to name the U of M’s parading school mascot, the OAC student shook his head. […]
Soggy conditions, a veteran golfer, and even a wave of army worms weren’t enough to stop Greg Ward’s continuing success at the annual Memorial golf tournament at Kitchen Creek. The 23-year-old Fort Frances native captured his third-straight Harry Barefoot memorial plaque Sunday after shooting a 73 (gross) to top the […]
The Canadian Hockey Association has decided to change all age levels of minor hockey in the country, effective at the beginning of the 2002-03 season. Under the new rules, the Midget division will consist of 15-17 year-old players, Bantam 13-14, Peewee 11-12, Atom 9-10, Novice eight, and Pre-Novice seven and […]
The Muskie spring football camp, which wrapped up last week, doesn’t carry the same glitz as homecoming weekend but the coaches were pleased with the results and now are ready to begin the slow evaluation process towards tryouts later this summer. Almost 70 players turned out for the seven-day camp […]
The Aquanauts put on a strong performance in their last swim meet of the year. Competing at the annual Thunder Bay International Invitational last weekend, Karli McKinnon led the local contingent by qualifying for the finals in seven of her eight events. Her best results were a third-place finish in […]
A valiant Muskie comeback against one of the province’s top teams was not enough to continue the girls’ quest for a berth at the all-Ontario soccer championships. The black-and-gold had to settle for the silver medal after being beaten 3-2 by St. Pat’s (Thunder Bay) in the final game of […]
The Muskie girls’ soccer season came to an end here Saturday with a 3-2 loss to St. Pat’s (Thunder Bay) in the deciding game of the NWOSSAA tournament. The black-and-gold finished in second place with a 1-1 record, having blanked the Manitouwadge Wolverines 5-0 earlier Saturday. Meanwhile, the Saints went […]
The teams are set for Saturday’s NWOSSAA girls’ soccer tournament here. The only thing left to do now is throw the ball into play. St. Pat’s (Thunder Bay) will join the host NorWOSSA champion Muskies and NSSSAA champion Manitouwadge Wolverines in the three-team showdown with a berth at the all-Ontarios […]
This week’s rainfall could hamper the grounds of some key sports events this weekend. And while today’s weather was sunny, rain in the forecast for tonight through Sunday morning could threaten golf tournaments planned Sunday (Memorial) and Monday (law enforcement) at Kitchen Creek. “We’ve opened nine holes today,” associate club […]
The Borderland men’s soccer association announced the folding of one of its teams last Thursday in hopes of fostering stability for the other four squads. League co-ordinator Mike Webb said the Gillons’ Predators had forfeited too many games last season, and had only six registered players at the time of […]
