Kitchen Creek also saw another record broken this season–aces. Eight different golfers recorded holes-in-one at the local course, including six on the par-three seventh. The other two aces came at #11 and #13 (also par-threes). “As far as I know, it’s a club record,” local pro Gord Workum said yesterday. […]
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Taking advantage of an early spring and a surge in popularity in the sport, the Kitchen Creek Golf Course saw a record number of rounds played there this season. Roughly 34,000 rounds have been played so far, club pro Gord Workum said Monday morning. “That’s a big-time jump,” he enthused. […]
As Crossroads cross-country coach Paul Murray prepared to take his group of runners to a meet in Thunder Bay last weekend for the first time, he admitted he wasn’t quite sure how they would stack up. Murray knew he was taking a strong contingent of 20 runners (10 boys and […]
The opening of firearm season in most areas corresponds to the mating cycle of the whitetail deer. This mating period is commonly referred to as the “rut.” At this time of year, the bucks are the most active. They do a lot of travelling in search of the receptive does. […]
The Muskie court teams will continue to play a modified league schedule against ‘A’ squads until the playoffs, when they’ll face either Dryden or Kenora for the NorWOSSA crown. “The decision was to keep the league the way it is, and have a ‘south’ and a ‘north’ division,” Fort High […]
As former Muskie coach Scott Fawcett made his second trip in to Winnipeg in as many years with the Edmonton Eskimos against the woeful Blue Bombers over the Thanksgiving weekend, he would be the first to admit what a difference a year makes. The Eskimos took advantage of a Winnipeg […]
While the Muskies routinely have cheered their way to NorWOSSA titles in the past, and placed well at several competitions in Winnipeg and Thunder Bay, this year’s program decided to expand to include a junior squad of seventh and eighth graders. Under the direction of Melissa Hagen, a former all-American, […]
With three weeks between games, the Muskies could have been excused if they came out a little rusty in their exhibition game Saturday against Crocus Plains (Brandon). But whatever rust had accumulated on their uniforms during that layoff was quickly shaken off as the Muskies steamrolled to a convincing 63-0 […]
The Fort Frances Judo Club is back on the mat for another season. With 47 judokas registered, and another 30 on the waiting list, the local club is having success in both numbers and the quality of athletes it is producing at the competitive level. Head instructor Delbert Deschamps, who […]
With the University of Manitoba struggling at 0-5 so far this season on the gridiron, it’s been a tough year for Adrian Huntley in terms of achieving team goals. But it’s been a different story in terms of individual achievements for the former Muskie receiver, who is finally having a […]
A great start! That’s how Mohamed Somji, new head coach of the Fort Frances Gymnastics Club, described his feelings towards this season. Just getting settled away from Toronto city life, he has found a new home at the gym club and coaches all the competitive programs as well as some […]
With a possible settlement between the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board and its high school teachers, organizers of the Muskie swim team are now looking seriously at competing against schools up there. “Right now, teachers in the Keewatin-Patricia area have a tentative agreement for a contract, which would allow them to […]
