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Jamie Mountain Even a day filled with miserable field conditions could not stop the roll the Muskie football team is currently on. The Muskies scored a pair of touchdowns in the third quarter en route to blanking the Neelin Spartans 20-0 for their fourth straight win in Winnipeg High School […]

Jamie Mountain With the NorWOSSA playoffs just around the corner, the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team faced probably the closest thing to a playoff-type struggle last Wednesday in Kenora. A determined Broncos team played the black-and-gold tough before Fort High finally pulled away in the fourth quarter to nab a […]

Jamie Mountain Sometimes it is hard to know what to expect from players at the junior level, but so far so good for the Rainy River Owl girls’ basketball team this season. The Owls played well and cruised to a 38-22 win over the Red Lake Rams in their NorWOSSA […]

Jamie Mountain The goal each match is to get better and so far both the Rainy River Owl junior and senior boys’ volleyball teams have been able to do that. The juniors defeated the Red Lake Rams 3-0 last Thursday afternoon in their NorWOSSA ‘A’ home-opener at RRHS to see […]

Jamie Mountain The defence has been solid all season and Gord McCabe is hopeful that trend will continue for the Muskie junior girls’ basketball team as it winds down the NorWOSSA regular season over the next few weeks. The Muskies improved their league record to 6-1 with a 44-19 win […]

Staff Both the Muskie senior and junior boys’ volleyball team competed at tournaments over the weekend, with both coming away with respectable showings. The seniors put in a solid performance and wound up with a 2-3 record at the St. Patrick Volleyball Festival held in Thunder Bay on Friday and […]

Staff On a sloppy day it was the Muskie football team that managed to smooth out its own game. The Muskies scored most of their points in the third quarter en route to a 20-0 win over the Neelin Spartans on Thursday in Winnipeg High School Football League action at […]

Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers are having a solid start to the SIJHL regular season but it remained to be seen how they would stack up against the defending champs. Turns out just fine, thank you very much. Fort Frances erased a 3-0 first-period deficit to pull out an […]

Staff The Muskie court sport teams travelled to Kenora yesterday, where they came away with three wins. In girls’ basketball action, both the juniors and seniors improved their records to 6-1 with wins over the host Broncos. Led by Tatum Glowasky’s team-high 11 points, the juniors dumped the Broncos (1-5) […]

Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers were behind the eight-ball early once again on Tuesday night. But instead of feeling sorry for themselves, they battled and clawed their way to a 4-3 comeback win over the Red Lake Miners at the Ice For Kids Arena. Nick Swain walked the Miners’ […]

Jamie Mountain The Owl senior boys’ volleyball team got off to decent start to the NorWOSSA ‘A’ season by splitting its road matches. After sweeping the Ignace Falcons 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, and 25-17) back on Oct. 1, the Owls (1-1) were dispatched 3-1 (19-25, 25-21, 19-25, and 22-25) by the […]