If you’re wondering how difficult it is to stop a runaway train, just ask the Kenora Broncos. Their task was to stop the high-flying, fast-breaking Muskie senior boys’ basketball team during NorWOSSA action there yesterday and the end result wasn’t pretty. The first-place Muskies thrashed the host Broncos 75-27 for […]
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Denny Nelson is hoping to hook onto the popularity of bass fishing by running a tournament Sept. 8-9 from the Island View Lodge east of International Falls. The tournament will feature two-person teams, just like the successful Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship that runs here in late July. A one-day […]
The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team recorded their second-straight sweep in NorWOSSA play after downing the Dryden Eagles 25-19, 25-13, and 25-22 there yesterday. Head coach Rick Wiedenhoeft said he was pleased with his team’s play as they solidified their hold on first place. “It was not too bad,” he […]
The growing popularity of soccer here has spilled over into the winter months. Given January windchills make standing outside almost unbearable, kids have moved indoors where they can scrimmage in shorts and T-shirts. The idea of indoor soccer has taken off in cities like Thunder Bay and Winnipeg, and now […]
Several local runners finished with impressive times at the annual “Freeze yer Gizzard Blizzard Run” on Saturday in International Falls. Doris Barton was second overall among the women, finishing the 10-km race in a time of 46.41–just seconds behind Jeanne McCurnin of Mason City, Iowa (46.19). Barton also was second […]
Both Fort Frances rinks will open action tomorrow at the Northwestern men’s curling playdowns in Sioux Lookout. Raymond Roy will take on Ernie Paul (Hornepayne) at 10:30 a.m. while Don DeBenedet will face Greg Shield (Kenora) in the 2 p.m. draw. Sixteen teams are vying for one of three berths […]
Three local bowlers will compete at the Ontario Winter Games in Sault Ste. Marie in March after the Sunset Country mixed team was the top one from the Northwestern region at the 2000 Provincial Youth Challenge in Haileybury earlier this month. Richard Comeau and the sister duo of Jennifer and […]
Michael Richards scored with 2:32 to go in the third period to lift the Kenora Thistles to a 3-2 victory Sunday over the local B•Macs ‘AA’ Bantams in the semi-finals of a six-team tournament in Dryden. The teams were tied 1-1 after the first period and 2-2 at the end […]
The Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team shook off some early-season woes in a big way over the weekend en route to a silver-medal showing at a tournament in Dryden. They finished second in the round-robin portion, earning 14 out of a possible 20 points in 10 matches, but later succumbed […]
Mary Beth Tkachuk once again dominated the field at the annual ladies’ “Toothpick” squash tournament here last weekend, capping things off with a 3-0 win over Patti Boileau in the ‘A/B’ final. Tkachuk swept the best-of-five match by scores of 9-5, 9-6, and 9-5. She also was unbeatable in the […]
The Emo Cowboys used a strong defensive game to edge the Fort Frances Oddfellows 3-2 there Sunday to win a four-team Bantam ‘A’ tournament. The Ear Falls Eagles dumped the Emo Panthers 8-2 in the ‘B’-final. Jason Webb got both Emo goals. Jeremy Hyatt opened the scoring for the Cowboys […]
Who says the Muskies can’t beat American teams? For the second time in five days, the black-and-gold showed they can skate with–and beat–a team from south of the border after edging the Baudette Bears 2-1 there last night. Ross Anderson, NorWOSSA’s leading scorer, tallied the game-winner midway through the third […]
