The four Muskie court teams will resume NorWOSSA action here next Tuesday against Dryden and the coaches are confident their squads will only get better. Three of the teams–the boys’ senior and junior basketball squads and the senior girls’ volleyballers–sport 3-0 records heading into the midway point of the eight-game […]
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The local K of C ‘AA’ PeeWee hockey team split a pair of games over the holidays, dumping visiting International Falls 7-1 on Saturday but losing 6-5 against host Steinbach last Friday. Andrew Morrison, assisted by Riley Burnell, had given the Falls an early 1-0 lead but it was all […]
It was all Muskies during last week’s showdown against the Kenora Broncos as all four Fort High teams gave the host Broncos a not-so-cheery Season’s Greetings. The senior girls’ volleyball team improved its NorWOSSA record to 3-0 after sweeping the Broncos in the best-of-five match 25-15, 25-15, and 25-23. Coach […]
Former Fort Frances resident James Knoff left Winnipeg to visit his old stomping grounds and showed he can still swing a squash raquet. Knoff captured the ‘A/B’ event of the annual Fort Frances Boxing Day squash tournament after downing runner-up Jason Kabel 3-1 in the final here Tuesday afternoon. Knoff, […]
For the second year in a row, the Muskie senior boy’s basketball team struck gold at the La Place Rendez-Vous Invitational tournament here last weekend.
Resident and non-residents alike will have to dig deeper into their pockets to pay for the first recreation fee increase here in a couple of years. The increase, which was across the board, is part of a new structure council approved at its meeting Dec. 11. They will take effect […]
They needed four games but the Muskie senior girls got the job done here last Thursday, beating the Kenora Broncos 3-1 to remain undefeated in the early going of the NorWOSSA volleyball season. “We started flat but halfway through the first game, we were back to ourselves,” head coach Adrian […]
The Muskie junior boys’ basketball team dominated the court here last Thursday en route to a 44-28 victory over the Kenora Broncos to improve their NorWOSSA record to 2-0. “I was surprised when I looked up and saw that we were up by a decent margin,” head coach Dave Ashworth […]
The black-and-gold travelled to Kenora with a depleted lineup Saturday and came home on the short end of a 5-1 decision. Tara Lloyd (unassisted) tallied the Muskies’ lone goal. “We went down there short-benched,” noted co-coach Jim McMahon, adding a team from Winnipeg was supposed to play the Broncos but […]
Not even the fourth-ranked high school hockey team in Minnesota provided much of a challenge for the Muskie boys’ hockey team. The black-and-gold doubled the Baudette Bears 6-3 in exhibition action here last night to remain undefeated so far this season–both in NorWOSSA play and against U.S. teams. The Muskies […]
The Muskies exploded for six third-period goals here last Friday night en route to an 8-1 romp over the visiting Chisholm/Cook Bluestreaks. The win also left the black-and-gold undefeated so far this season, including a perfect 2-0 mark against American teams (they had trounced the Falls Broncos 8-3 here last […]
Despite sporting a 4-0 record in round-robin play, the local Tagg’s Source for Sports Bantam ‘AA’ team had to settle for fourth place in their nine-team tournament here last weekend. “Our boys played excellent. We went through the round robin play 4-0,” enthused co-coach Shane Bliss. “We were the best […]
