It wasn’t the weekend the Emo Bunnies ringette squad was hoping for, recording only one win against three losses against some tough opposition. Emo only could muster two goals from the stick of B. Galusha in the first half as they fell 11-2 to Steinbach. S. Piche led the onslaught […]
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The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team dropped a tight 90-84 decision to the host Churchill Bulldogs in the championship game of a six-team tournament in Winnipeg last weekend. The Muskies came out flying in the final–outscoring the Bulldogs 12-2 to open the game–but then watched as Churchill fought back with […]
As good as the Muskies were in the first half of the season, compiling a league-leading 8-1 record along the way, head coach Glen Edwards is hoping his team continues to make great strides when they open the second half Friday night in Kenora. The Muskies looked impressive throughout much […]
The Mine Centre grade eight girls’ volleyball team knows it will face an uphill battle at the Eastern Ontario Bantam Volleyball Championships in Ottawa later this month. The first hurdle was to drum up the necessary funds to cover the almost $6,000 price tag for the trip (supported largely by […]
Although Emo minor hockey teams lost three exhibition encounters against Warroad and International Falls this past week, the rest of the circuit tasted several victories against two ties. The Emo Atom Selects went up against the Fort Frances Atom girls and skated away with an easy 15-1 victory. Jake Gill […]
The Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship will run from Thursday to Saturday instead of Friday to Sunday when it takes to the water for the fifth time in July. The change was made to better accommodate the anglers, said Ray Engelbertink, media relations spokesman for the FFCBC, adding many of […]
The Bantam “AA” B•Macs doubled a team from Omaha, Neb. 4-2 yesterday afternoon to pull within one victory of capturing the International Falls Invitational tournament. The 3-0 Fort squad closed out the five-team, round-robin showdown against Hibbing at noon today (the score was not available as of press time). The […]
After an eight-day layoff, the Muskies will be looking to burn off those extra Christmas calories when they travel to Mesabi for a pair of exhibition games. The black-and-gold will square off against Mesabi East tonight, then take on Austin tomorrow. While the Muskies are gunning to improve their 1-3 […]
Bob Tkachuk capped off a perfect day on the court here Saturday by beating James Knofe of Winnipeg 3-1 in the best-of-five ‘A’ final during the annual Boxing Day men’s squash tournament. It was the second year in a row Tkachuk has won the tourney title while going undefeated. In […]
Scott Grynol scored with just over a minute left in the first period to pace the KCs (Fort Frances) to a 1-0 victory against the Emo Predators in recent PeeWee ‘AA’ action. Both teams pressed during the second and third periods but neither one could score. The Predators lost their […]
Winter has finally come to all of us in the U.S. Midwest. It is a slower time of the year than the spring, summer, or fall. But it also is a time of the year to reflect–and to offer some resolutions for the upcoming fishing season. Sometimes at this time […]
The Emo Rockets scored three times in the first period en route to a 5-1 victory over the Emo Wings in Novice minor hockey action there last week. Maverick Judson picked up two goals while Luke Judson, William Brandon, and Bryan Wayash had singles for the Rockets. Jordan Davis netted […]
