Winkler Flyers eked out a 3-2 victory over the Fort Frances KCs on Sunday afternoon in the final of the Emo Predators PeeWee ‘AA’ hockey tournament. The Sioux Lookout Hawks also participated in the four-team tourney. Kevin Schellenberg opened the scoring for Winkler from Eric Fehr midway through the first. […]
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As the Muskies got ready to start the 1998-99 campaign without their top two scorers from last season, the big question mark was who would replace that lost offensive production. But heading into last night’s contest against the Dryden Eagles here, the Muskies had a new question. What scoring problem? […]
Ryan O’Connor scored the game-winning goal just 45 seconds into overtime to lift the Rainy River Rebels to a thrilling 5-4 overtime victory over the South End Stars (Thunder Bay) in the ‘A’-final of a PeeWee house league tournament here Sunday. Blake Mykytyn (two), Sam Ernst, and Mitch Goliquer also […]
Raymond Roy’s rink could do no wrong on their way to advancing to the Northern Ontario mixed curling playdowns here last week. But when a berth to the Canadian championships was at stake, they could do no right. The result was a surprising 0-5 record and a last-place showing for […]
The last time Chris Buchan made a trip to Fort Frances to curl, he earned a berth to the Brier. After Saturday’s 11-6 win over Dave MacInnes in the final of the provincial mixed playdowns here, Buchan once again will be off in search of a national title. With two […]
With the top two junior players from last year moving up to the senior squad, the Muskies demolished the Dryden Eagles 92-46 in their NorWOSSA opener up there yesterday afternoon. The Muskies exploded for a 23-4 run to close out the first quarter, then increased their lead to 44-24 at […]
Despite playing less than inspired volleyball, according to head coach Rick Wiedenhoeft, the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team grounded the Dryden Eagles two games to one there yesterday afternoon to open their NorWOSSA season. The seniors battled back from a 9-2 deficit in the first game to stun the host […]
The Emo Belles ringette team got their season off to a perfect start by capturing the gold medal at the recent Rainy River Tween/Belle tournament. In their opening match, the Belles outskated host Rainy River 13-4. Tara Lloyd led the way with five goals while Stacey Angus had a hat […]
Steven Krag of Fort Frances swept Cindy Arpin 3-0 in the final of the junior novice event at the Northwestern Squash Open in Thunder Bay last Sunday. Krag advanced to the final after going 2-0 in round-robin play (sweeping each best-of-three match in two straight games). Playing in his first […]
After opening with a pair of wins at the junior men’s Northwestern playdowns in Sioux Lookout last week, Chris Matheson’s Fort Frances rink looked to be in good shape. But that’s when the road to the provincials took a big detour. Matheson’s crew proceeded to lose their last four games–three […]
The Emo Atom Selects, led by Betty Meyers’ two goals, upended MEC (Fort Frances) 5-4 in recent minor hockey action. Tyson Romyn, Ryan Mutz, and Richy Wieringa also scored for the Selects while Andrew Lundy (two), Josh Sigurson, and Pierre Jourdain replied for the visitors. Meanwhile, Nathan DeBungee had four […]
The Muskies already have shown they are a formidable squad on home ice, indicative of their three-straight blowout wins against NorWOSSA opponents within the confines of Memorial Arena. Now after Monday night’s 12-3 romp over the Kenora Broncos up there, the black-and-gold have served notice they can be dominating on […]
