As a group of young squash hopefuls took to the court here for a three-day clinic last week, they had a chance to bang racquets with a pretty good junior player. In fact, having Rob Nigro–the top-ranked junior player in Canada–among those giving lessons isn’t too bad of a deal. […]
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Several Fort Frances minor hockey teams took part in the ninth-annual Hockey Classic in Thunder Bay. Here is a team-by-team review as to how each one fared at the tournament, which attracted some 110 teams and more than 2,000 players and coaches. < *c>Skates & Blades < *c>(Novice Minor) Skates […]
The Emo Bandits Tweens ringette team lost 5-3 to Park City (Winnipeg) in the bronze-medal game at a Keewatin-Kenora tournament Sunday. Sarah Barton scored twice for Emo while Stephanie Strachan netted the other marker. The Bandits opened with an 11-2 defeat to host Kenora to open the tournament Friday, then […]
The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team improved their NorWOSSA leading record to 3-0 with a dominating 57-33 win over the visiting Kenora Broncos yesterday afternoon. The black-and-gold continued right where they had left off before the Christmas break, jumping out to commanding 16-4 lead in the first quarter. Kenora managed […]
A pair of Fort Frances teams won titles at the nine-team Bantam ‘A’ hockey tournament here over the weekend. The Oddfellows captured the ‘B’-side crown with a 4-3 overtime victory over the Dryden Leafs while Canadian Tire dumped Kenora Legion 5-3 to win the ‘C’ title. The Kenora Predators won […]
The Rockford IceHogs of the United Hockey League announced last week former Muskie Wayne Strachan has joined the team for the rest of this season. Strachan, 27, originally had signed with the IceHogs during the off-season as the team moved to Rockford from Thunder Bay. But he failed to report […]
Although Emo Novice teams held their own, Fort Frances squads skated away with several victories in recent minor hockey action at the Emo Arena. In their first outing, the Emo Wings were handed a 4-0 loss by tagg’s (Fort Frances). Zach Johnston led the visitors with two goals while Garrett […]
A good racer combined with a good machine is usually a winning formula. And that’s exactly what happened last weekend at the WSA Pro Ice Circuit in Roseau, Mn., where Steve Arpin of Fort Frances stole the show by winning three separate divisions to go along with a second and […]
The numbers speak volumes–the Muskies are 7-0 in NorWOSSA play but just 2-5 against American teams this season, including five-straight losses. So the question remains–how good or how bad are the Muskies? Or better yet, just what is the talent level of NorWOSSA? As the black-and-gold get ready to face […]
Emo teams batted .500 in recent minor hockey action. The Beginners, facing Fort Frances for their first encounter this season, were sounded defeated 6-0. Ben Bruyere and Nick Nault led the visitors with two goals each while Joe Basaraba and Cam Badiuk added singles. Meanwhile, the Esso Atom Leafs had […]
Andrew George scored the eventual game-winning goal in the second period to stake the local KC “AA” PeeWees to a 6-5 victory over the Atikokan Flyers in exhibition hockey action here Sunday. The KCs jumped out to a 3-2 lead after the first period on goals by Marc Riordon, Scott […]
The Sioux Hawks “AAA” Bantam team, comprised of the area’s top players including some from Fort Frances, beat a Midget/Juvenile team from Ignace 11-2. Matt Miller paced the team with three goals. Colin Peet, Adam Parent, and Mark Morin each added a pair while Damian Thomas and Adam Clark netted […]
