The sixth-annual Lake of the Woods invitational girls’ hockey tournament was held last weekend and both the local Novice and PeeWee teams had strong showings. Pollard’s Scarifiers went unbeaten through pool play in the Novice division, and then won their semi-final match against Dryden, but fell 1-0 to the St. […]
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Tryouts for the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team are now done and the head coach said he’ll be putting a strong squad on the court this season. “[Tryouts] were really good–we had over 30 kids try out,” enthused Dave Ashworth. “There was a lot of interest.” Ashworth also admitted it […]
The Emo Cowboys took top honours in the Bantam division while the Atikokan Voyageurs captured the Midget trophy at a tournament in Emo last weekend. After a scoreless first period, the Cowboys exploded for five goals in a six-minute span in the second en route to a 5-0 win over […]
Minor hockey action was shortened at Emo-La Vallee Community Centre last weekend due to the Bantam/Midget tournament. In one of the first games played, Emo Hawks scored with less than two minutes to play to earn a 3-3 tie with the Emo Selects in Atom action. Mike Badiuk led the […]
The Fort Frances ‘AA’ Bantam hockey team will host a nine-team tournament that gets underway Friday morning and wraps up Sunday afternoon. Fort Frances–who will play in Pool ‘A’ against the Maroons, Beavers, North End, and Dryden–will open action Friday at 11 a.m., with their second game at 5 p.m. […]
Since she started collecting pledges in mid-October, Cathy Kowal has been aiming to raise $5,000 to make it to a marathon run for arthritis in Florida in January. Now, a little over a month later, it looks like she will be going to Walt Disney World given she’s exceeded her […]
The Muskie girls’ hockey team hasn’t had much success against the Broncos from Kenora so far this season but they fared much better against the Broncos from International Falls here Friday night. The black-and-gold blanked the Falls squad 3-0 for their first win of the season but then fell 1-0 […]
Despite not claiming the NWOSSAA crown, and missing a berth at the all-Ontarios in Chatham later this month, the general vibe from members of the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team is that they’re pleased they made it as far as they did. “I am doing better today,” captain Sarah Noonan […]
The Fort Frances Aquanauts travelled to Kenora last weekend to compete in their first swim meet of the season and everyone was pleased with their showing. “It was a terrific meet for us,” co-coach John Dutton enthused Monday. “It is great to get this many personal bests this early. It […]
The annual Sun Life 60+ senior men’s bonspiel wrapped up here last Wednesday afternoon with Thunder Bay rinks dominating the 32-team field. But then again, it was all just for fun. “[I like] everything about curling,” enthused Jerry Whittaker of the Earl Connors quartet from Thunder Bay, which won the […]
The Fort Frances Visserettes & Boys Gymnastics Club has been very busy preparing for the first provincial qualifier, which is being held Dec. 2-3 in Thunder Bay. Some 22 gymnasts will be representing Fort Frances there. Head coach Mike Lang said it’s still early in the season but the girls […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team opened their NorWOSSA season with a bang here last night, thumping the Kenora Broncos 10-2 at the Ice for Kids Arena. Kevin Webb, assisted by Ross Anderson, put the black-and-gold in front just 16 seconds into the game. Then Tom Rose, from Adam McTavish and […]
