Despite losing all three of their round-robin games in Pool ‘C’ at the all-Ontario soccer championships here last week, the 11th-ranked Muskies came away holding their heads high. Sure, they were outscored 14-3 in those three games, but it was their last game–a 2-1 loss to the sixth-seeded Banting Memorial […]
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With three-straight NorWOSSA crowns under their belt and 10 titles in 14 years, there’s no question the Muskie girls’ soccer program has been a successful one. Year after year, the black-and-gold turn in a successful season, regardless of how many players they have lost due to graduation. The bottom line […]
Last Thursday’s official announcement that the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. was providing almost $2 million in funding to the second indoor ice surface here was accepted with open arms by the town. Northern Development and Mines minister Tim Hudak made the announcement inside the new arena before a small […]
Greg Ward beat out Bob Crowe and Barry Coffin in an extra playoff hole Sunday to capture the Harry Barefoot Memorial plaque in this year’s Memorial golf tournament at Kitchen Creek. All three had finished the 18-hole event with a one-over par 73. Finishing in third place in the championship […]
The Emo Bulldogs finished with a 3-2 record at a NAFA qualifier fastball tournament in Fargo, N.D. last weekend and have now qualified for the world series there Aug. 22-27. The Bulldogs were one of five teams to qualify for a spot out of the 16 that made the trip […]
The Rainy River Owls won the silver medal at the NWOSSAA girls’ soccer showdown in Thunder Bay last Friday, finishing the three-team round-robin affair with a 1-1 record. They opened play by getting blitzed 8-0 by St. Pat’s (Thunder Bay), the defending NWOSSAA champions, but then edged Lake Superior (Terrace […]
With the new ice surface at the Memorial Sports Centre to be ready for the start of next season, the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association will have more ice time on a weekly basis. But there’s a catch. Added ice time requires more money to pay for costs. And that […]
For a team that just reeled off five-straight shutouts in winning NorWOSSA last Thursday in Kenora, it would seem stressing defence would be the least of their worries But the Muskies know full well that their game–especially in the defensive zone–will have to be taken up a few notches when […]
When the Rainy River Owls girls’ soccer team takes to the field for the NWOSSAA playoffs this Friday, it will mark the first time a soccer team from there has advanced to that level of play. And they expect it won’t be the last. The Owls screeched onto the soccer […]
For a season that was supposed to be a rebuilding year for the Muskie boys’ soccer team, the black-and-gold almost came home NorWOSSA champions. But a second-half collapse against the Beaver Brae Broncos put an end to their Cinderella season last Thursday in Kenora. The Broncos took advantage of a […]
Darryl McLeod is predicting this Saturday’s walleye opener to be “good to excellent.” McLeod, area biologist with the Ministry of Natural Resources office here, said a strong year class in 1994 should mean an abundance of walleye being caught on Rainy Lake in the 42-cm (16.5-inch) range. “This year is […]
For Dustyn Tkachyk’s hockey career, there are plenty of questions which lie ahead. But the 15-year-old goalie is hoping to find some of those answers within the next month or so. It will be a crucial time in both his budding hockey career–and his future. And then there will be […]
