Emo Atom teams won four games and dropped just one against visiting opponents this past week. Brian Wayash and William Brandon each scored a hat trick to fuel the Emo Rockets to a 10-3 win over the Food Town Fury (Fort Frances). Braden Baker added two goals while Chris Mutz […]
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The local Sunset Country Ford “AA” Atom Mustangs won the consolation final at a tournament in Roseau on Sunday, defeating a team from Alexandria, Mn. 4-1. Jared Catholique-Bruyere tallied 9:55 into the game to stake the Mustangs to a 1-0 lead. Then they widened their lead to 3-0 after two […]
The Muskie junior boys’ basketball team finished with a 1-2 record in a tournament at Daniel McIntyre Collegiate (Winnipeg) last weekend. The black-and-gold opened the eight-team showdown Friday with a lopsided 65-20 loss to Maples Collegiate. Leading 10-9 after the first quarter, the Marauders blew the game wide open by […]
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 […]
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 […]
