Defensive troubles cost the Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team a 3-1 loss in their best-of-five showdown against the host Kenora Broncos yesterday. After losing the first game 25-19, the Muskies rebounded to win the next one by that same score. But they couldn’t nail down another win the rest of […]
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The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team will be looking at a bit of the old and some of the new to lead them to victory this season. Clearly, the squad will be looking for another good season from veteran players like Laureen Cousineau, Christine Noonan, Siobhan Devlin, and Sarah Vanderplaats. […]
Dr. Pierre Mikhail led a strong contingent of local runners in Walker, Mn. last Saturday, finishing his first-ever marathon in an impressive time of 3:38. That time placed him second in his age group while battling the tough course conditions of the race. Runners estimated the 26.2-mile course added about […]
The province’s announcement to provide $4.9 million for the second phase of a snowmobile trail development and enhancement in Northern Ontario was met with open arms by Sunset Country Snowmobile president Ron Banks. “The government is finally realizing the potential dollars that can be generated,” said Banks yesterday morning. “There […]
Before last Friday’s first-place showdown with Kenora, Muskie defensive co-ordinator Brent DeBenedet said his defence’s goal was to shutout the Broncos. Well, those words almost proved DeBenedet prophetic as the black-and-gold came within just two seconds of keeping that zero on the scoreboard. But a 17-yard touchdown strike from Kenora […]
Adam McTavish darted to his right, avoided a pair of Dryden Eagle tacklers, then used his speed to go wide down the left sideline for an electrifying 90-yard touchdown on the first play of last Friday’s Homecoming game here. One play. One touchdown. And that play set the tone for […]
As the season for game birds officially opens here today, the local Ministry of Natural Resources office is predicting another good season for hunters. “Basically, from a population perspective, the grouse [partridge] are on a 10-year cycle and there should be lots of them,” MNR biologist John Van den Broeck […]
What a difference a year makes. Last year, the Muskie ‘B’ football team struggled to keep their games against American opponents from turning into blowouts. To them, scoring a touchdown was a moral victory. But this year, under a new football program which created a Muskie ‘C’ team, head coach […]
In what is considered to be an unprecedented move in Canada, Rainy River has voted to merge its minor hockey association with the one in Baudette, Mn. across the bridge. A vote of 23-7 sealed the deal for the two associations, which have been embroiled in a debate over Canadian […]
Greg Ward put the finishing touches on a banner year on the golf course, firing a two-day total of 143 to win this year’s Kitchen Creek club championship by a whopping 10 strokes over Snake Krawchuk. Ward certainly was hot Saturday, firing a three-under par 69, then followed that up […]
Norm Lindsay and his 17-year-old partner, Jess Swenson, reeled in top spot in the third-annual “Bassin’ for Bucks” fishing tournament in Sioux Narrows on Sunday. Their three-day haul totalled 47.58 pounds–good enough to take the $4,000 first prize in the 101-team tournament by a mere .90 pounds. Lindsay/Swenson weighed in […]
Considered a power forward, Andrew George is a hockey player who likes to finish his checks. And next April, he will get a chance to do just that during an international exhibition in the Czech Republic as a member of a Minneapolis-based all-star team. It should be quite an experience […]
