Several members of the Fort Frances Aquanauts competed in the Manitoba/Saskatchewan short-course championships last weekend and none of them have any reason to be hanging their heads. “It was a great meet with excellent results,” enthused head coach Debbie Murray, adding the swimmers were just coming off the regional championship […]
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Both the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team and senior girls’ volleyball squad beat Hillcrest (Thunder Bay) in the NWOSSAA finals there over the weekend to earn berths at the all-Ontarios later this week. The girls got the weekend off to a rocky start after losing the opening best-of-five match to […]
Only the Midget Blues took to the ice in recent Emo minor hockey action but they skated away with a win and a tie in their two games. Tied 4-4 after two periods against the visiting Fort Frances Midgets, the Blues scored a pair of unanswered goals in the third […]
The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team has been all but unstoppable so far this season–and they’re hoping it will stay that way at the all-Ontarios in Timmins. “We have been focused on it [OFSAA] all year,” noted head coach Paul Noonan. “I still think we are good enough to compete.” […]
It’s back to the all-Ontarios for the Muskie boys’ hockey team. The black-and-gold will be off to Burlington later this month after clinching yet another provincial berth Sunday night with a 6-3 win over the host Dryden Eagles to sweep the best-of-three NorWOSSA final. Sunday night’s game was a hard-hitting, […]
The Muskies beat the Dryden Eagles 6-3 there Sunday night to sweep their best-of-three NorWOSSA final and advance to the all-Ontarios in Burlington later this month. The black-and-gold had opened the series here Friday night with an 8-0 triumph. “It was a tough game, very physical,” head coach Glen Edwards […]
Watch out OFSAA, here they come! The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team are on a mission–and that’s to do the best they can at the all-Ontario ‘AA’ tournament which got underway earlier today in Sault Ste. Marie. “I think we will do well if we play our best,” reasoned head […]
The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team will play four matches Wednesday as the all-Ontario ‘AA’ championship gets underway in Sault Ste. Marie. Seeded 17th out of the 17 teams at OFSAA, the black-and-gold will play in ‘Pool A’–which is made up of five teams instead of four, including top-ranked Chatham-Kent. […]
The local Sunset Country Ford Mustangs attended the 32-team Fargo Flyers International Squirt Tournament last weekend and lost out in the ‘C’ final. “It was a great tournament — the kids played okay,” coach Joe Bobczynski noted. The Mustangs faced off against Lakeville in the ‘C’ final on Sunday and […]
The Muskies are a step closer to an all-Ontario berth after trouncing the Sioux Lookout Warriors 12-2 there Monday night to sweep their best-of-three NorWOSSA semi-final series. The black-and-gold now will host the Dryden Eagles in the best-of-three NorWOSSA final, which gets underway here Friday night. Game two is slated […]
The Muskies will be working on their checking as they gear up to face the Dryden Eagles in the best-of-three NorWOSSA final, which gets underway here Friday night. “Defence wins championships,” Muskie head coach Glen Edwards stressed after the black-and-gold swept the Sioux Lookout Warriors in the best-of-three semi-finals with […]
The karate provincial meet was held in Virden, Man. and eight members of the local club attended the competition. In the men’s white/yellow division, John Sutton placed third in Kata. Angela Brown, who competed in the ladies’ white/yellow, finished second in Kumite and Kata. In the ladies’ orange/green event, Cheryl […]
