The Muskie girls’ soccer team looks at each tournament they go to as a test. And while the Muskies passed their latest test in Dryden with flying colours last weekend, head coach Struchan Gilson is hopeful they’ll keep up those high marks up there again later this week. “I think […]
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Susie Aikenhead first picked up a badminton racket this season a couple of weeks before her first tournament. Many of her opponents at the all-Ontarios in Sudbury last week play the sport on a 12-month basis. But that didn’t stop the 18-year-old Rainy River native from smashing her way to […]
With Emo Speedway’s opener slated this Saturday, the local track is looking to duplicate the success of last season. Track president Ken Perry said the car count for the season-opener is good, with a “few extra” street stock cars, the usual modifieds, and mini sprints coming from Hibbing and Greenbush, […]
There’s no question the Muskie boys’ soccer team didn’t fare very well at an exhibition tournament in Winnipeg last weekend, finishing with a 0-3 record. The real test now is to get better. Much better. That certainly will be the Muskies’ objective at a NorWOSSA exhibition tourney in Dryden this […]
The Rainy River District Fastball League has joined the North American Fastball Association (NAFA), which would see the league winner move on to the ‘A’ World Series tournament in Fargo, N.D. in August. The move would be a first for the local league, and will serve as another option for […]
Some would call Dave Allison a genius. Others simply a pretty good hockey coach. Whatever the case, Allison once again has turned a young, expansion hockey team into a winner in just its first season. His latest project is the Fort Wayne Komets of the United Hockey League, and he […]
If the Muskie girls’ soccer team wants to show NorWOSSA they are the class of the league, head coach Struchan Gilson said they’d better start at the exhibition tournament in Dryden this weekend. The black-and-gold open play Friday at 10:30 a.m. against the host Eagles and then play Rainy River […]
The FFHS Millennium Reunion organizing committee has received word the golf tournament, slated to take place on the first day of the reunion, is virtually full. Organizer Freddie Beck reported that as of a week ago, 96 of the 100 openings available were filled. And it’s expected the remaining four […]
As the Muskie boys’ soccer team continues to practice for this weekend’s season-opening tournament in Winnipeg, there is still plenty of things to go over. Like students cramming for an exam, the Muskies have been hitting the field extra hard this past week to get ready. And there hasn’t been […]
As the Muskie girls’ soccer team heads into their first action of the season this weekend in Winnipeg, head coach Struchan Gilson will use the exhibition games to gauge how good they are. “We will get a really good look and find out what we got,” Gilson said yesterday morning. […]
Despite finishing 23.5 points out of first place at the provincial five-pin bowling championships in Thunder Bay last weekend, settling for the bronze medal, Dino Morelli Sr. of Fort Frances figured they could have quite easily won the gold. Joining Morelli on the strong Sunset Country men’s team was a […]
There are many factors that affect our success as bass fishermen, but one of the most perplexing can be passing cold fronts or cold water conditions, such as the ones that occur in early spring. Bass will always react to these changes in their surroundings. However, you can catch big […]
