The Muskies clinched first place–and home-field advantage in the NorWOSSA final Nov. 4–with a convincing 49-28 win over the Kenora Broncos here last Friday afternoon. The black-and-gold struck first in the opening quarter when Jock Gemmell hauled in a touchdown pass from quarterback Gary Wager to make it 7-0 (Adam […]
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The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team walked off the court here last weekend with a perfect record–and they’re hoping to keep it that way for the rest of the season. “Overall, I am happy with how the girls played,” enthused head coach Paul Noonan. “Unfortunately, they weren’t challenged to a […]
Blessed with unseasonably mild weather and moderate winds, some 555 boys and girls in grades four-eight from across the region competed in the 29th-annual Legion Mid-Canada cross-country run in Thunder Bay on Saturday. Locally, the Mine Centre girls’ team finished second overall, and Katie McTavish (a grade seven student at […]
The Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team dominated their opponents at a tournament here last weekend–even though they were split up into two squads. Both the Fort “Black” and Fort “Gold” teams came away with 3-0 records, and most of their wins were, well, blowouts. “We were kind of disappointed with […]
As reported in Friday’s Daily Bulletin, Fort High will ice a Muskie boys’ hockey team this season. The black-and-gold will kick off action Nov. 17-18 at a tournament in Warroad before opening the NorWOSSA campaign against Kenora here Nov. 21. “I am [excited],” assistant coach Ken Christiansen enthused Monday morning. […]
It may still be fall but local cross-country skiers already are getting ready for the coming season. They’ve started a club, and are looking to improve local trails. “There are some primitive trails in the area,” noted organizer Cam Moorhouse. “I have a vision to begin a club to share […]
The Muskies got back on the winning track yesterday afternoon in Dryden, grounding the host Eagles 49-28 in NorWOSSA action. “They did really well. It wasn’t that close,” coach Greg Allan noted last night after the team returned home to Fort Frances. Scott Witherspoon led the black-and-gold with three touchdowns […]
Unseasonably mild weather last Friday made for perfect conditions for a grade seven/eight soccer tournament held at Robert Moore and St. Francis here.
The Muskie junior girls’ basketball team strutted their stuff during their first tournament of the season last weekend, coming home from Thunder Bay with a 2-1 record. “The girls stepped up,” noted head coach Mike Busch. “In all the games, they played well.” Actually, their first game against St. Ignatius […]
The local KC PeeWee rep team got their season off on a winning note here Sunday afternoon with a 6-3 victory over the Atikokan Flyers. Josh Sigurdson, assisted by Cody Dittaro, opened up the scoring with 15:16 left in the first period. Then, with just over five minutes left, Jared […]
The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team showed they could hold their own during a tournament last weekend in Thunder Bay, winning two of three games there. “We did quite well. The girls played well,” head coach Paul Noonan enthused. The team started things off on a good note, dumping St. […]
Four local residents headed over the border to run in the annual Twin Cities Marathon in Minneapolis over the weekend. Lorne Ricard ran the full marathon in a time of 3:22.00 to finish 585th out of 8,000 runners. “I go every year,” he enthused. His wife, Maureen, and son, Ricky, […]
