Staff With a successful season officially in the books and a championship trophy in hand, the Muskie football team needed to hand out some more hardware. The gridiron gang held their annual awards banquet on Monday night at the Copper River Inn. Lane Sargent took home the rookie-of-the-year award. The […]
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Jamie Mountain The Muskie boys’ hockey team is looking like the team to beat so far this season. The black-and-gold got off to a fantastic start to the NorWOSSA regular season with a 13-0 rout of the host Kenora Broncos last Tuesday and followed that up by going undefeated and […]
Jamie Mountain With the team recently caught in a tailspin, the Fort Frances Lakers’ management has begun to make some moves to improve the team. In the first of three transactions, Lakers’ head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan announced on Thursday that the team had acquired the playing rights […]
Here are the sunrise and sunset times for Nov. 21-27: •Nov. 21–7:31 a.m. and 4:28 p.m. •Nov. 22–7:32 a.m. and 4:27 p.m. •Nov. 23–7:34 a.m. and 4:26 p.m. •Nov. 24–7:35 a.m. and 4:25 p.m. •Nov. 25–7:37 a.m. and 4:24 p.m. •Nov. 26–7:38 a.m. and 4:24 p.m. •Nov. 27–7:39 a.m. and […]
Jamie Mountain If their first game is any indication, the Muskie girls’ hockey team should fare just fine in league play this season. The Muskies used a pair of first-period goals to nab a 3-0 shutout win over the Broncos in Kenora in the NorWOSSA regular season-opener for both teams […]
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 […]
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 […]
