The Robert Moore boys’ team and Mine Centre girls’ squad won gold in their respective divisions at the 17th-annual Region 1 Invitational Bantam Volleyball Championships last Saturday at Fort High. Robert Moore nipped Mine Centre in the best-of-three boys’ final, winning the first game 27-25, losing the second one 27-25, […]
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Skates and Blades (Fort Frances) dominated a novice boys’ hockey tournament in Ignace last weekend, skating away with a 4-0-1 record. After opening with a 1-1 tie against the North End Flames on a goal by Cody McCool (assisted by Wade Perusse), Skates and Blades downed the Dryden Canadians 3-1. […]
The Muskies have been on a roll so far this young season against NorWOSSA opponents. And they passed a big test with flying colours last night with an 8-3 romp over the International Falls Broncos in their annual exhibition clash here. The Broncos actually opened the scoring when Chris Nagurski […]
Four locals headed to Winnipeg last weekend for the St. Boniface Open Judo Championship. And they all had strong showings, Alex Ricordo Rosalina stood out among the crowd. Rosalina brought home a gold medal after winning all of his fights in the 81-kg (black belt) division, defeating his first opponent […]
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. […]
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 […]
