If you had told Muskie head coach Bob Swing that his team would be on the receiving end of seven International Falls Bronco fumbles in their game there Friday night, he’d have worn a smile as big as Rainy Lake. Unfortunately, the black-and-gold failed to capitalize on any of those […]
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With the NorWOSSA football season cancelled last year, the Muskies were the only team to play a full slate of games–albeit exhibition ones. That left Kenora and Dryden all but losing a full year, which could have been used to develop young talent. And that makes it very difficult to […]
If you had told Muskie head coach Bob Swing that his team would be on the receiving end of seven International Falls Bronco fumbles in their game there Friday night, he’d have worn a smile as big as Rainy Lake. Unfortunately, the black-and-gold failed to capitalize on any of those […]
Last year, John Desaulniers led a team from Fargo, N.D. to a second-place finish at the ‘AA’ World Series, losing 2-0 to a powerhouse team from Madison, Wis. Along the way, he was named as one of the two selections as first-team, all-world pitcher. But this year was a different […]
The Muskie “Bee” football team ran Jock Gemmell left. They ran him up the middle. And they also ran him to the right. And in the end, Gemmell ran the ball into the end zone from one yard out to pull the Muskies into a 6-6 tie with the Roseau […]
When the Thunder Bay Thunder Cats of the United Hockey League elected to move the team to Rockford, Ill. for the upcoming season, there were no guarantees as to what players would make the move with them. But the team did manage to bring back eight from last year’s lineup–including […]
“They’re not as good as they were last year,” said Brett Watt, head coach of the Sturgeon Creek Schooners, referring to the Muskies after their 22-14 victory over the Winnipeg squad here last Friday. Then again, it’s tough to top the 62-0 shellacking the black-and-gold handed the Schooners a year […]
John and Rueben Gibbins of Morson continued their dominance at the Morson Bass Classic on Lake of the Woods, winning this year’s sixth-annual event with a two-day catch of 36.08 pounds. Pat Handorgan and Jody Shypit teamed up to finish second with a 33.78-pound total–surging up with a tournament-record haul […]
The most influential minds in Canadian hockey, meeting in Toronto last week to discuss the state of our national pastime, came away with a long list of recommendations, including having more practices than games. “I think the biggest issue is the practice-to-games ratio and the availability of ice time,” noted […]
After passing their first test of this young football season with last week’s 22-14 exhibition win over the Sturgeon Creek Schooners (Winnipeg), the Muskies’ second test will be a whole lot tougher. They head across the river Friday night to take on the International Falls Broncos–and they’d better be prepared. […]
You could have called it the Rainy River District “Longball” League championship. The Emo Bulldogs slugged five home runs last night, including a grand slam, to clobber the Barwick Blue Knights 14-2 to claim their third-straight RRDFL title. The teams had met last Thursday but the game was called in […]
The fifth-annual Kiwanis “Nite Lite” golf tourney Friday night at Kitchen Creek was another success, raising $705 for the club’s “Young Children Priority One” projects. The nine-hole, best-ball event, which got underway with a shotgun start at 9 p.m., attracted 51 golfers divided into 14 teams. Although some teams struggled […]
