For the first time ever, the Muskie boys’ hockey team has been invited to play with the best-of-the-best in the Manitoba Tournament of Champions this week–and the coaches feel they will hold their own. “I think we will do very well. If we play to our capabilities, we will do […]
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Locals curlers will be in Dryden this weekend in hopes of advancing to the men’s district playdowns in Kenora later this month. Rinks skipped by Don DeBenedet, Kevin Busch, Tom Fry, Lorne Jackson, and Raymond Roy are among the 18 competing at the zone bonspiel, which gets underway Friday at […]
Despite not being able to complete one event due to a broken sled, Steve Arpin took top honours in four of his five Ice Oval races last weekend in Roseau, Mn. They included the SP 440 L (ProX 440), SP 600 L (ProX 600), SP Champ (Champ 440), and Formula […]
Emo minor hockey teams had a strong week against visiting Fort Frances teams in recent action. In Atom action, the Emo Hawks clawed their way to a 4-3 victory over the visiting MEC Bulldogs (Fort Frances). Tyler Cottam netted the game-winner with three minutes to go. Terry Carmody (two) and […]
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 […]
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 […]
