The Emo Figure Skating Club opened its season last Wednesday (Oct. 4), with 30 skaters registered and a few more expected to sign up down the road. “Once again, the skaters will be guided by our wonderful and talented professional coach, Marie-Josee Potvin, who is planning a fun, productive season,” […]
Local Sports
About 80-90 players tried out for the local Atom, PeeWee, and Bantam ‘AA’ rep teams over the weekend, and Lynn Kellar, president of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association, wasn’t surprised by the talent out on the ice “We always get a really good turnout,” he noted. “I am happy […]
The boys no longer will be the only ones skating to hockey glory for Fort High. The Muskie girls’ team is now looking to start a tradition all its own. “The number-one goal we have is to build a team–one that works hard, works together, and looking to start a […]
The Muskies continued their winning ways against NorWOSSA opponents last week, thumping the Dryden Eagles 28-13 under sunny but breezy conditions at Westfort field.
A men’s basketball league goes Mondays from 7-9 p.m. in the FFHS gym. “Right now, it is a pick-up league but around mid-November, we will get into a league,” enthused organizer Paul Noonan. “From the group that shows up on Mondays, we will build the teams [for the league].” About […]
Grade seven students from Donald Young School in Emo won the annual soccer tournament there last week but the grade eights didn’t do as well. DYS beat out Riverview (Rainy River) in the final of the grade seven division (the score was not known) while the Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program […]
The Muskie junior girls’ basketball team made it two-straight over the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints, winning 31-26 up there last Thursday to go along with a victory here earlier this month. “It was a tough game to win. Everybody played great,” enthused coach Mike Busch. “I took five rookies and […]
After being trampled by the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints in the season-opener here earlier this month, the Muskies boys’ volleyball teams were hoping to shut them down up there last Thursday afternoon. But they didn’t. “We lost both [matches],” noted Adrian Chapman, head coach for both the junior and senior […]
Local pool players are unpacking their cues and gearing up for another season with the Fort Frances mixed pool league. “I hope this is another successful season,” said organizer Heather Gunderson. “We are hoping more people will be motivated to be involved.” The league, which had its first meeting of […]
The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team faced the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) for the second time this season only it was a different outcome up there this time around. “It didn’t go as well as I hoped,” noted head coach Paul Noonan. “It was a well-played game . . […]
Fourteen local residents participated in the Walker North Country Marathon last weekend In the team marathon event, John LaPlant and Kerri Tolen placed fourth overall in the 30-39 mixed division with a time of 3:26:10. Doris Barton and Bob Tkachuk finished 14th overall in the mixed division (3:47:17) while Connee […]
The Muskie junior girls’ basketball team jumped out to a big first-half lead, then hung on in the second to eke out a 34-30 win over the visiting Thomas Aquinas Saints last Wednesday afternoon. “They did quite well for their first game–all the girls got to play,” coach noted Dave […]
