Jamie Mountain A championship was the goal right from Day 1 and it was a job well done for the Muskie football team on Saturday afternoon. The third-ranked Muskies used a dynamic and electrifying offence to soar to their first-ever WHSFL crown with a spectacular 65-49 win over the fourth-place […]
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Jamie Mountain A new face was able to help the Fort Frances Lakers snap out of their funk over the weekend. Kyle Uzelman, who was acquired from the Red Lake Miners for a player development fee last Wednesday, had a debut to remember as he scored the overtime winner and […]
Staff A promising start to their annual home tournament unfortunately didn’t end with a championship for the Fort Frances Bantam ‘AA’ Canadians over the weekend. After compiling a perfect 4-0 record through round robin play, the Canadians were dealt a 3-1 loss by the Norwest Stars (Thunder Bay) in the […]
Jamie Mountain A dozen Sunset Country Squash Club players made the trip to the Thunder Bay to play in the annual Balmoral Legal Centre Northwestern Ontario Squash Open Tournament over the weekend in an array of divisions. In the ‘A’ Open division, ex-Fort Frances junior Steve Boileau, now back home […]
Staff Kyle Uzelman had an impressive debut for the Fort Frances Lakers as he collected the game-winner early in overtime and dished out four assists as his new side withstood a big comeback by the expansion Wisconsin Lumberjacks to nab a wild 6-5 decision in SIJHL action on Saturday night […]
Staff Week 4 action in the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League saw the BDO Ballerz and Arctic Cat suffer their first losses of the season. The Muskies took on Sunset Landscaping in the early game, with each side having poor attendance with only four players dressing for their squads. But […]
Staff It’s been a great start to the season for the Muskie boys’ hockey team. After dispatching the host Kenora Broncos by a 13-0 count last Tuesday, the black-and-gold followed that up by going 4-0 and snaring the title at the annual Dryden Eagles’ tournament held Friday and Saturday. The […]
Staff The Muskie football team was able to cap an impressive season with a championship. An electrified offence scored early and often and the defence got stops when it need to as the third-ranked Muskies snared their first-ever WHSFL title with a 65-49 win over the fourth-place Churchill Bulldogs in […]
Staff You couldn’t have drawn up a better start to the year. Both the Muskie girls’ and boys’ hockey teams came away with shutout wins over the host Kenora Broncos in their NorWOSSA regular season-openers on Tuesday. The girls’ squad rolled to a 3-0 decision while the boys routed the […]
Jamie Mountain There are ups and downs to every season but lately it feels like anything that could go wrong does for the Fort Frances Lakers. The Lakers lost a pair of home games over the weekend, starting with a narrow 2-1 defeat to the rival Dryden GM Ice Dogs […]
Here are the sunrise and sunset times for Nov. 14-20: •Nov. 14–7:20 a.m. and 4:35 p.m. •Nov. 15–7:22 a.m. and 4:34 p.m. •Nov. 16–7:23 a.m. and 4:33 p.m. •Nov. 17–7:25 a.m. and 4:32 p.m. •Nov. 18–7:26 a.m. and 4:31 p.m. •Nov. 19–7:28 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. •Nov. 20–7:29 a.m. and […]
Jamie Mountain They just were unable to find consistency when it mattered most. A solid season came to an end earlier that it had hoped as the Muskie junior boys’ volleyball team was swept 3-0 by the host Dryden Eagles in the NorWOSSA semifinal on Friday morning. “It’s disappointing because […]
