Unseasonably mild weather last Friday made for perfect conditions for a grade seven/eight soccer tournament held at Robert Moore and St. Francis here.
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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, […]
Both Muskie girls’ basketball teams will face three teams in Thunder Bay this weekend for their first tournament action of the season. The squads are slated to play against St. Thomas Aquinas (Kenora), as well as St. Ignatius and another team from Thunder Bay. “We are taking the entire junior […]
The Muskies resume NorWOSSA action tomorrow when they head up to Kenora to tackle the Beaver Brae Broncos. The black-and-gold are unbeaten in NorWOSSA action so far this season. The Muskies then will play next Tuesday (Oct. 17) in Dryden before wrapping up the regular season a week from Friday […]
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, […]
Every year around the same time, hundreds of fishermen wait in anticipation to see if they will be one of the teams to fish in the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship — well the names have been picked and for those of you who missed it here they are. 1. […]
After being cancelled last Thursday due to inclement weather, clear skies and little wind made for perfect conditions for the annual youth soccer tournament here for students in grades four-six. “I think we have got beautiful weather and ideal conditions . . . very successful,” enthused Paul Farrah, co-organizer of […]
For some, Tae Kwon Do is a relatively new sport. But for others, like Ken Anderson, it has been a part of their lives for a long time. “I have been teaching [Tae Kwon Do] for a total of 16 years,” noted Anderson, owner/operator of the local Tae Kwon Do […]
The inaugural Muskie girls’ hockey team has been picked but co-coach Mark Lafleur admitted it wasn’t an easy decision. “Tryouts were very good. We have got the team picked and it looks good,” he enthused. “We are really happy with who we have got.” But he also said having to […]
