The Mine Centre girls’ grade eight volleyball team won its second-straight tournament Saturday, downing Atikokan 15-8, 10-15, and 15-6 to capture the first-annual Gilson Classic at St. Francis School here. Mine Centre finished first in the round-robin to earn a bye into the final. Meanwhile, Atikokan swept St. Francis in […]
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Heading into last weekend’s action against the Hammarskjold Vikings (Thunder Bay), the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team knew they would have to take their game to a higher level. Although the black-and-gold had an impressive 9-1 record so far, including a perfect 6-0 mark in NorWOSSA exhibition action, co-coach Gord […]
Emo teams played .500 hockey against opponents at the Emo Arena this past week. In Novice action, the Emo Rockets scored in the first period and then netted to more tallies in the third for a 3-0 shutout against visiting Rainy River. Brady Baker, Ryan Witherspoon, and Charlie DeBungie scored […]
“How high do you put your treestand in the tree” is one of the most asked questions of professionals in the hunting industry. It’s like someone’s waiting to hear that there’s a “special height,” and the reason they haven’t harvested a good buck is because they’ve been two feet off […]
Raymond Roy’s rink downed Lorne Jackson 8-3 in the final of the Zone 7 mixed curling playdowns in Rainy River on Sunday to earn a berth at the six-team district playdowns starting tomorrow in Kenora. Roy jumped out to an early lead with a pair in the first end and […]
The Fort Frances Aquanauts were led by some of their younger swimmers last weekend at the annual Kenora Invitational, with Meghan Hebert and Karli McKinnon both achieving best times in seven out of their eight races. Head coach Debbie Murray noted several other Aquanauts also nailed down personal bests at […]
Heading into last night’s home opener against the Kenora Broncos, the Muskies wanted to send a message to the rest of the league. It was a message well received. The black-and-gold outplayed the Broncos in nearly every aspect of the game en route to a 10-3 romp before an appreciative […]
Four players from Rainy River District have been selected to the Sioux Hawks “AAA” PeeWee regional all-star team that will be vying for a berth in the provincial tournament next March. Jermaine Atatise, Andrew Wiersema, and Ian Lockman, who all play for the KC PeeWee “AA” rep team here, earned […]
Kathie Jackson’s Fort Frances rink also was ousted from the money on the women’s side of the Sun Life/Husky Oil Grand Prix of Curling last weekend, losing three of their four games. Opening with a pair of losses to Winnipeg rinks (9-6 to Janet Harvey and then 7-5 to Lori […]
With many of the players at last weekend’s elementary school volleyball tournament in Atikokan playing the game competitively for the first time, it’s safe to say their first taste of action would be a learning experience. The St. Francis grade seven boys’ team turned out to be the quickest learners. […]
Competing at the elite Sun Life/Husky Oil Grand Prix of Curling bonspiel in Thunder Bay last week, Derek Jackson quickly realized the importance of missed shots. While rinks sometimes can get away with the odd missed shot at local bonspiels, Jackson said even a half-missed shot could very well spell […]
While the Muskie volleyball teams had trouble making the trip to Whitefish Bay yesterday through the blizzard to close out their NorWOSSA regular seasons, they had even more trouble on the court. In fact, they probably wish they hadn’t made the trip at all. The senior boys’ made the trip […]
