Art Bonot, George L. Olson, and Stan Peterson will be the first to be inducted into the new Rainy River District Fastball League Hall of Fame this Saturday in Barwick. The ceremony will be held in conjunction with the RRFDL’s awards banquet. The hall of fame, itself, will be housed […]
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After beating Stratton 11-5 last night, the Emo Bulldogs are one game away from being crowned the Rainy River District Fastball League champs yet again. “It was a close game until the bottom of the sixth inning when Shane Bliss hit a grand slam, which brought in enough runs to […]
Muskie athletes are angry the high school sports program has fallen victim to the teachers’ dispute with the provincial government–at least for now. But many aren’t blaming the teachers, who last week decided not to volunteer to help with extra-curricular activities, including sports, stemming from a heavier workload legislated by […]
The Muskies are still looking to beat the International Falls Broncos on the gridiron after losing 49-6 in exhibition action over there Friday night. “They are a very good football team,” Muskie head coach Bob Swing noted yesterday. “They were state quarter-finalists last year so we knew they were going […]
After last Thursday’s 65-14 romp over Sturgeon Creek (Winnipeg) here, the Muskie football team will be in for a much tougher battle this Friday at 7 p.m. over in International Falls. “We are definitely the underdogs for the game,” assistant coach Greg Allan said. “The Falls is a very well-coached […]
Old hobbies die hard. As Fr. Jerry Ward discovered last Saturday evening after he finished up his 30-year racing career at the same place it started–the Emo Speedway. “I feel great but this is going to be a hard habit to break,” enthused Fr. Ward after his final race in […]
Karate is not about learning how to kick butt–it is about discovering inner peace and harmony. “Wado Kai is a style of karate and it teaches people that karate is a martial art, but it is also a way to find inner peace and harmony among yourself,” explained local Sensei […]
It was a race to the finish Sunday when the 40 entries in the seventh-annual Morson Bass Classic weighed in their catches. Perhaps the most widely-watched teams on the leader board were two that featured the same names. Bill Godin and Pat Handorgan were neck and neck after the first […]
Tagg’s dominated the field here Sunday, capturing the men’s Borderland soccer crown for the third-straight time with a convincing 6-1 victory over Nova in the league final. “We played pretty good–the score was indicative of how intense of a game it was. We both played really well but that is […]
So far so good, the Muskie ‘C’ football team looks like it will field a good squad this year. “It is going good,” noted coach Steve Maki. “We are getting more kids out all the time and since [Tuesday] is the first day of school, we will probably have more […]
The Emo Bulldogs placed in the top 10 at the North America Fastpitch Association World Series last week in Fargo, N.D with a 3-2 record. “The competition was tough. If you made an error, you lost the game,” noted Bulldog team member Brent Tookenay. The Bulldogs got off to a […]
Calm weather had threatened the eighth race of the Rendezvous Yacht Club’s fall series last Wednesday but a slight northwest win picked up enough at the start to hold the five-leg event. A slight northwest wind picked up enough to hold the five-leg race. Warren Wagness (aboard “Slug”) topped the […]
