If you take a new rink that just began practising together a week before an event and put it up against some of the top curlers in Canada and the U.S., you shouldn’t expect the best of results. And there weren’t any this past weekend for the Raymond Roy foursome […]
Local Sports
There were a lot of happy hunters in the area as moose and deer season opened earlier this month–which didn’t surprise the local Ministry of Natural Resources. “It seemed to be hot and cold,” Dave Saunders, MNR’s acting enforcement supervisor, said Friday morning. “It depended on where you were but […]
Coaches often say the way a football team practices during the week before a game is often an indication of how well they will play. Bad practices. Bad games. The Muskies had a bad week of practice. They also went out and played a very bad football game last Friday […]
The Roseau Rams came out like a new team–literally–against the Muskie “Bee” football team in the second half of their game there last Thursday. With the Muskies leading 8-6 at halftime on a 30-yard touchdown by Kevin Gemmell on a reverse, the Rams suddenly got bigger, faster, and stronger after […]
After weeks of hard work and several losses along the way, the Muskie ‘C’ football team finally did something they hadn’t done all season. They won a football game. The Muskies drubbed the International Falls Broncos ‘C’ team 26-0 in an exhibition game here last Friday afternoon. Head coach Rob […]
It’s a unit that doesn’t get the attention the offence or defence does. In fact, the only time you notice it is when a glaring mistake is made to give up a big play. But the Muskies’ 23-0 shutout over the Kenora Broncos here last Thursday was keyed by special […]
The Muskies senior boys’ volleyball did their most recent “Jekyll & Hyde” impression last Wednesday in a NorWOSSA showdown against visiting Kenora. Only this time, the good side of the Muskies finished the best-of-five match to earn a 3-2 come-from-behind victory and even their NorWOSSA record at 2-2. After dropping […]
The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team sits atop NorWOSSA with a perfect 4-0 record midway through the season after their most recent victory–a 41-28 decision over the Kenora Broncos here last Wednesday. Head coach Gord McCabe hasn’t been seen smiling this much–at least on the basketball court–for quite some time. […]
There was no place like home turf for cross-country runners from Crossroads School in Devlin last week. Crossroads hosted the annual Rainy River District Cross-Country Race last Wednesday, with six runners topping their respective divisions as well as taking six team awards. It was the second-straight year Crossroads has hosted […]
The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team learned a valuable lesson at the Pizza Hut tournament in Thunder Bay last weekend. Blessed with a very talented squad this year, the Muskies sometimes can get away with playing a mediocre game against weaker teams. But when they’re on the floor against one […]
The big play cost the Muskie ‘C’ football team in more ways than one last Thursday against the host International Falls Broncos. In the first half, quarterback Andrew George was picked off near midfield and returned all the way back to the Muskie end zone for a 6-0 lead (the […]
With a banged up offensive line and their starting running back lost early in the game, the Muskies offence looked to be in precarious shape last Friday in Dryden. Enter quarterback Gary Wager. Wager, protected by a patched-up offensive line, threw the ball consistently all afternoon to lead the Muskies […]
