The Sunset Country Squash Club returned home with some strong results at the eighth-annual Red Lake Open squash tournament last weekend. In the men’s ‘B’ division final, Ben Andrusco defeated fellow club member Jason Kabel 3-1 in the best-of-five showdown. Local players Al Christiansen and Steve Krag also fared well […]
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Those who work out in the Memorial Sports Centre weight room and watch 38-year-old Dave Mitchell and 45-year-old Dean Patrow lift weights may dismiss them simply as a couple of older guys pounding the iron–maybe trying to relive something that had long since passed. But those who know them well […]
The Emo Bulldogs will compete in the ‘AA’ World Series qualifier June 15-16 in Rice Lake, Wis. The Bulldogs, who went to the world series last season, are guaranteed a berth but are playing in the qualifier for seeding purposes. This means another team can come out of the RRFDL […]
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 […]
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 […]
