The Muskie girls’ hockey team had a real barn-burner in Dryden on Monday night but they came away on the short end of a 3-2 score. “It was a good game,” remarked co-coach Jim McMahon. “We were slow in the first period but we outplayed them in the second and […]
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The Muskies senior boys’ basketball team had a tough time at the Oak Park tournament in Winnipeg last weekend, coming home with a 1-2 record. “We had a tough weekend,” noted co-coach Mike Busch. “Every team ends up with an injury, we just ended up with the ’flu.” Still, Busch […]
The local K of Cs ‘AA’ PeeWee rep team dropped four of five games at a tournament in Brandon, Man. last week but still managed to come home as the ‘B’ side runners-up. After coming up flat in round-robin play, losing all three of their games, the team picked up […]
After going 3-0 in round-robin play, Pollard’s Scarifiers captured the the Novice division of a girls’ hockey tournament here last weekend with a victory over Kenora Royal Purple in Sunday’s final. After going scoreless over the first two periods, Kali Hamilton and Sahe Lynn Smith (assisted by Haven Labbe) tallied […]
The Emo Thunderbolts were firing on all cylinders in recent minor hockey action, winning both their games in PeeWee action. Against the visiting Sharks (Fort Frances), the Thunderbolts scored twice in each of the first and second periods en route to a 5-1 victory. Tyson Romyn led the way with […]
Two members of the local Border Figure Skating Club have qualified for the all-Ontario’s in Fort Erie next month. Shane Katona qualified for the senior silver men’s division while Sarah McComb will compete in the junior silver ladies’ category. The top three skaters from each category advanced. The skaters had […]
Steve Arpin went head-to-head with the best of the best on the ice oval at the Grand Prix de Valcourt in Quebec last weekend and he made the top 10. In his lone race Friday at the Yvon-Duhamel Race Track, Arpin took eighth in the Champ 440 (Eastern Pro Tour) […]
Hard work, dedication, and a love of the sport is what keeps members of the Fort Frances Aquanauts in the pool day after day. And it was those characteristics that allowed the team to set 18 personal best times en route to a third-place finish overall at the NWO regional […]
Some 23 Fort Frances Aquanauts took part in the NWO regional development meet last weekend and fared well against the competition. Their results were as follows: •Girls 10 and under 400m (freestyle)–Jessica Cousineau (6:30.60); •Girls 11-12 400m (freestyle)–Jennifer Hawley (6:22.61) and Alyssa Holliday (7:08.77); •Girls 10 and under 400m (I.M.)–Rachel […]
It was a tough battle but the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team walked off the court at the Kenora Invitational Tournament last weekend as the champs. “We won it but it wasn’t easy,” enthused head coach Paul Noonan. “It was a great tournament.” The Muskies went up against the Thunder […]
Surprise, surprise, the Muskie boys’ hockey team won again by routs. The black-and-gold visited Red Lake for a pair of weekend games and destroyed the Rams 14-0 and 13-0. “There was more balanced scoring this weekend,” noted Muskie head coach Glen Edwards. “The scoring was spread over two lines in […]
The Fort Frances 12 and under girls’ hockey team travelled to Warroad last weekend and brought home third place along with the sportsmanship award. Unfortunately, the local 15 and under team didn’t fare as well. “The best part of the weekend was when the team got the most sportsmanlike award,” […]
