The Muskies opened the NorWOSSA championship here today knowing the could have–and should have–done better than their 2-2 record at an exhibition tournament in Kenora last weekend. They blew away the Sioux Lookout Warriors 4-0 and Red Lake Rams 7-0 but had trouble finishing their scoring chances in a pair […]
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Coming off a 3-1 record at last weekend’s second exhibition tournament in Kenora, the Muskie girls’ soccer team is confident it will be moving on to the NWOSSAA playoffs. Of course, they have to win NorWOSSA gold first. Because the Muskies finished the exhibition season with a 6-1-1 record, they’ll […]
With the Muskie spring football camp wrapping up tonight at Westfort, the coaches have come away feeling the team will be much younger–and less experienced–than in past seasons. But even though several players in key positions will be gone due to graduation, head coach Bob Swing was impressed by the […]
The task of chairing the biggest event in Fort Frances is–without question–a difficult one.
Darryl McLeod predicts the walleye opener to be “pretty good” when anglers hit the water this Saturday. McLeod, an area biologist with the Ministry of Natural Resources office here, said the strong 1994 year class of fish is now five years old and so anglers should see a high abundance […]
Four games. Four wins. Four shutouts. Not a bad weekend for the Muskie boys’ soccer team as they breezed through an exhibition tournament here last weekend–outscoring their opponents by a 13-0 margin and dominating large stretches of their games. In fact, the Muskies barely allowed what could be termed as […]
Playing against some of the top fastball teams from Minnesota, the Emo Bulldogs finished 2-3 at a 10-team qualifier in Mankato, Mn. last weekend. It was the first of two qualifiers, with the top team after 10 games earning a berth to the North American Fastball Association championships in Albuquerque, […]
While his first name matches the last one of the NBA’s all-time greatest player, Jordan Bale would be the first to admit his talents pale in comparison to the man they simply called “Michael” in Chicago. But there’s no denying his ability to shoot free throws–as evidenced by his third-place […]
For the first time since the early 1970s, organized football will return to Fort Frances for players in grades seven and eight starting with a spring camp next month. The non-contact, no-equipment practices–slated for June 5-6 from 1:30-4:30 p.m. at Westfort–will see the players put through drills to learn the […]
Head coach Struchan Gilson calls them his “Energizer bunnies.” But while his players kept going and going en route to a 3-0-1 record at an exhibition soccer tournament here last weekend, he may be forced to make some changes. Simply put, the Muskies have too many talented players up front […]
With the arsenal of offensive weapons Muskie girls’ head coach Struchan Gilson has at his disposal, there’s no question the team will get its share of scoring chances this season. But they’ll have to convert more of those chances if they hope to be successful. In fact, while the black-and-gold […]
Muskie Katie Vittie breezed undefeated through NorWOSSA and NWOSSAA on the badminton court this season but it was a different story at the all-Ontarios in Timmins last week. Playing against opponents who were quicker, faster, more powerful, and more skilled, Vittie lost all three of her matches–15-1, 15-6 to Kate […]
