Local Sports
The deadline to purchase “Gold Card” memberships at Kitchen Creek, which offer golfers a five-year membership at a reduced rate, has been extended until the club’s general fall meeting Nov. 22. The original deadline had been Oct. 7 but membership chairman Terry Martinson said the decision to extend it was […]
The Muskie junior girls dropped a tight 24-21 defensive battle to Thomas Aquinas (Kenora) in NorWOSSA basketball action there last Thursday. The turning point came in the third quarter when the Muskies lost their leading scorer, Sarah Noonan, after she was called for an “unwarranted” flagrant foul while battling for […]
“Seniorcise,” a gentle chair side exercise program for seniors, is in full swing at the Queen Street and Golden Age manors supervised by Joanne Judson-Riding and Barbara Duguay of the Home Support office. I had the chance to watch seniors go through the routine at both manors last Wednesday morning, […]
Through the “duck slump” of the 1980s, I know a lot of waterfowl hunters who locked their shotguns in the gun safe and gave up the sport. But because of good conditions for nesting in recent years, and outstanding management by U.S. and Canadian wildlife agencies, many are taking it […]
Seniors’ skating has started up again at Memorial Arena. Every Tuesday and Thursday from 8:30-10 a.m., seniors can skate for one dollar (plus GST). But the number of those taking advantage of the time has been a little low so far. “It’s usually slow to start,” noted recreation facilities superintendent […]
After looking sluggish in a 17-15 loss to the Atikokan Voyageurs to open their best-of-five match here yesterday afternoon, the Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team suddenly woke up in the second game–and then almost blew it. Tied at 4-4, the black-and-gold went on a seven-point run thanks to the strong […]
Faced without a league to play in this season, the Muskie football team was forced to play a series of exhibition games against Manitoba squads. And the black-and-gold dominated them, posting an 4-0 record while outscoring their opponents by an incredible 172-35 margin. Their latest victim was the St. James […]
The Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association is preparing to host a pair of clinics for coaches and trainers next month. A Level I and II coaches’ clinic is slated Nov. 13 and 15. The first day will consist of four-five hours of instruction, with eight hours of classroom time planned […]
Kitchen Creek also saw another record broken this season–aces. Eight different golfers recorded holes-in-one at the local course, including six on the par-three seventh. The other two aces came at #11 and #13 (also par-threes). “As far as I know, it’s a club record,” local pro Gord Workum said yesterday. […]
Taking advantage of an early spring and a surge in popularity in the sport, the Kitchen Creek Golf Course saw a record number of rounds played there this season. Roughly 34,000 rounds have been played so far, club pro Gord Workum said Monday morning. “That’s a big-time jump,” he enthused. […]
As Crossroads cross-country coach Paul Murray prepared to take his group of runners to a meet in Thunder Bay last weekend for the first time, he admitted he wasn’t quite sure how they would stack up. Murray knew he was taking a strong contingent of 20 runners (10 boys and […]
