Given the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team swept its season series with the Dryden Eagles–winning all four games by lopsided margins–you can’t blame them for looking ahead to a possible showdown with the Kenora Broncos in the NorWOSSA final there this Friday. The Muskies and Broncos finished the regular season […]
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In a game with no playoff implications, the Muskies and Dryden Eagles played a playoff-style hockey game here last Friday to wrap up the NorWOSSA regular season. Both teams came out flying, with plenty of scoring chances, fine goaltending, and big hits to set the tempo for what likely will […]
Susie Grynol and Hillary Morgan travelled to Ottawa last weekend to jump in the third Ontario trampoline qualifier. The pair were a bit apprehensive competing against the best clubs in Ontario–and Canada–but they came back smiling and very pleased. Grynol competed at the novice national level and placed fifth with […]
The Muskie junior boys’ basketball team used a 9-0 third-quarter run en route to a 39-18 win over the Dryden Eagles in the seventh-place game at a tournament in Kenora last weekend. The Muskies, who took control of the game early with an impressive 13-2 run in the first quarter, […]
Paul Dobransky of the Fort Frances Judo Club won all three of his matches Saturday to capture the gold medal in the boys’ under-35 kg, orange-brown division at the 1999 Inner City Judo Open at Tec Voc High School in Winnipeg. Other local competitors included Tony Evans, who won bronze […]
The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team took two of three games from Atikokan to claim third place at a tournament in Dryden last weekend. And they did it in dramatic fashion. After dropping the first game 15-13, the Muskies trailed 12-8 in the second one. But they fought back to […]
The local B•Macs won the consolation final at a Bantam ‘AA’ hockey tournament in Thunder Bay on Sunday by downing the Neebing Hawks 5-2. A.J. Tucker, Kevin Webb, Jordy Shannon, Bryce Witherspoon, and Kris Esselink all scored in the win. The B•Macs reached the consolation final after beating the North […]
Heading into their first-ever trip to the national junior women’s curling playdowns that wrapped up last week in Kelowna, B.C., Angela Lee’s Stratton rink knew experience would be an important factor in staying competitive. That was especially true considering they were going up against some formidable opponents in the likes […]
Two weeks ago, the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team won their first-ever Kenora Invitational Tournament crown. They followed that up last weekend by winning the tournament title in Winkler, Man., then proceeded to upset the International Falls split squad of junior and senior varsity players 71-61 here Monday night. Not […]
The Sunset Country Ford Mustangs dropped a 2-1 decision to Dryden in the semi-finals here Sunday morning to get knocked out of their own ‘AA’ Atom tournament Cody Szachury and Marion Gardner scored first-period goals to stake Dryden to a 2-0 lead. Michael Spencer, assisted by Scott Howarth, tallied with […]
As 15,846 spectators paid their final respects to Maple Leaf Gardens last Saturday night, two of those sitting in the “grays” made the trip from Fort Frances. Herb Cridland, who “never missed a game” as a “subscriber” to the Leafs from 1939-69, and who still held on to his season […]
Feeling a little like Goliath facing David here last Friday night, the front-running Muskies wanted to make sure the last-place Kenora Broncos wouldn’t play giant killers this time around. With a disappointing 3-2 loss to the woeful Broncos up there Jan. 8 still fresh in their minds, the Muskies dominated […]
