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Staff It was a triumphant weekend for both of the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association’s 15U and Atom Leafs teams as both squads walked away with gold at the Cake Eater Classic tournament in Edina, Mn. The 15U Leafs went a perfect 3-0 en route to the title in the […]

Jamie Mountain Even after capping a stellar season with a championship, the accolades keep on coming for Brady Meeks. The Muskie quarterback was named the Currie Division’s (‘A’) Bomber Alumni Most Outstanding Player (MOP) and was honoured at the WHSFL’s annual awards banquet on Thursday in Winnipeg. “It was a […]

Jamie Mountain Ryley Booth of the Sunset Country Squash Club had a weekend to remember at the Winnipeg Squash Racquet Club’s Classic tournament. Competing in both the men’s ‘D’ division and junior U17, Booth had a very successful weekend of squash as he captured the ‘D’ title. “A very tiring […]

Staff The WHSFL awards banquet was held on Thursday night in Winnipeg where Muskie quarterback Brady Meeks was awarded the Bomber Alumni Most Outstanding Player in Currie Division (‘A’). With that award comes a $1,000 scholarship that Meeks will receive upon registration at a post-secondary school next fall. As well, […]

Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers may have had their game on Saturday night postponed but the front office was still busy over the weekend. The Lakers on Sunday traded defenceman Michael Chapman to the Cochrane Crunch (NOJHL) in exchange for fellow blueliner Jaden Wake. “The biggest reason [for the […]

Jamie Mountain Not every game is pretty and the start to Friday night’s game certainly wasn’t for the Muskie boys’ hockey team. The Muskies overcame an early deficit and some shaky play to nab a 5-2 win over the Red Lake Rams in the team’s annual “Teddy Bear Toss” game […]

Jamie Mountain A total of eight skaters from the local Northern Lights School of Skating participated in their season’s first competition at the Winnipeg 2019 Super Skate Competition at the St. James Civic Centre back on Nov. 22-24. Bryden Strachan nabbed gold in the STAR 1 Free Skate while Grayson […]

Staff The SIJHL postponed Saturday night’s game between the Fort Frances Lakers and the Thief River Falls Norskies that was scheduled to take place at the Ralph Engelstad Arena due to a winter snow storm and unsafe highway travel conditions in the area. A make-up date for that contest will […]

Staff Reed Bodnar scored twice to pace the Muskie boys’ hockey team to a 5-2 win over the Red Lake Rams in NorWOSSA action on Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. It was also the Muskies’ annual “Teddy Bear Toss” game, in which they saw their league-leading record […]

Staff There were some mixed results for the Muskie hockey teams on Tuesday night against the visiting St. Thomas Aquinas Saints of Kenora. The boys remained unbeaten in NorWOSSA play with a 5-1 win but the girls’ squad suffered their first loss of the season by a 4-2 count. Captain […]

There were some mixed results for the Muskie hockey teams on Tuesday night against the visiting St. Thomas Aquinas Saints of Kenora. The boys remained unbeaten in NorWOSSA play with a 5-1 win but the girls’ squad suffered their first loss of the season by a 4-2 count. Captain Reed […]