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 […]
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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 […]
With only four games national junior women’s curling playdowns, Angela Lee’s Stratton rink had their record fall to two and six by press time after losing a squeaker to Suzanne Gaudet’s PEI team this morning. Both teams jumped onto the ice with impressive scores at the beginning of the game, […]
The Muskie senior boys’ basketball continued their hot play of late, downing the Dryden Eagles by a convincing 71-35 score on the road yesterday afternoon. The black-and-gold dominated the game from the opening tip-off, using their run ‘n’ gun style of offence to wear down the eagle defenders. Leading by […]
Matt McLellan scored twice while Taylor Jorgenson added the other to pace the Times Tigers (Fort Frances) to a narrow 3-2 win over the Rainy River Legion on Sunday afternoon to capture top honours in a novice hockey tournament in Emo. Rainy River opened the scoring in the first on […]
The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team claimed its first Kenora Invitational Tournament title with a thrilling 62-59 victory over the Churchill Bulldogs (Winnipeg) there Saturday. Trailing 31-20 at the half to the much taller Bulldogs, the Muskies starting hitting their shots and taking the ball hard to the basket in […]
