Jamie Mountain It’s been some tough sledding of late for the Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team. After picking up their lone win of the NorWOSSA season back on Sept. 24 against the visiting Sioux Lookout Warriors, the Muskies have now dropped four straight matches to sit with a disappointing 1-5 […]
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Jamie Mountain Revenge is a dish best served at home. A day after arriving back to Fort Frances late after dispatching the host Sioux Lookout Warriors 52-13, the Muskies followed that up with a gritty 45-36 win over the Dryden Eagles last Tuesday afternoon at Fort High. The win was […]
Jamie Mountain With the rate it’s going, the only true threat the Muskie cross-country team has is itself. The black-and-gold put in an abundance of great performances at the Hial Pike meet in International Falls last Tuesday and followed that up with another stellar showing at the “Turkey Trot” races […]
Jamie Mountain The Rainy River Owl junior and senior girls’ basketball teams have started the NorWOSSA ‘A’ season on a positive note. The senior squad split its opening games against the host Ignace Falcons and Pelican Falls Timberwolves back on Oct. 1-2. Ignace dumped the Owls (1-1) in the season-opener […]
Staff It was a tough week last week for former Muskies Hailee Barnard and Alex Spuzak and the rest of the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs women’s volleyball team. The Voyageurs lost all three of their matches, to see their record fall to 3-17 and to 1-10 within the Northern […]
Jamie Mountain While the Muskie junior boys’ volleyball team has been able to tread the NorWOSSA waters so far, its coach is hoping that it will start playing with more aggression moving forward. Through six games in league play, the Muskies have compiled a respectable 3-3 record but they need […]
Staff Another race led to another excellent showing by the Muskie cross-country team. The black-and-gold represented Fort High well at the annual “Turkey Trot” races in Dryden on Thursday. Trent Wilson wound up first for the fourth race in a row in topping the 49-runner field with a time of […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers played a pair of close games over the weekend but came out on the wrong side of the scoresheet in both. Ryan Green’s goal just under five minutes into the second period proved to be the winner as the expansion Wisconsin Lumberjacks blanked the Lakers […]
Staff The Thief River Falls Norskies rode the strength of three power-play goals to a 6-2 romp over the Fort Frances Lakers on Tuesday night in SIJHL action at the Ralph Engelstad Arena. The loss snapped a two-game winning streak for the Lakers (4-3). New Norskies’ defenceman Connor Kalthoff–playing in […]
Staff It was a banner day for the Muskie junior girls’ and boys’ cross-country runners. Both squads shone brightly for the Muskies with some great performances at the annual Hial Pike meet in International Falls. The Muskies swept the top four spots in the junior varsity girls’ 3200-metre run. That […]
Staff It was a tough day for the Muskie court sport teams on Tuesday. Three of the four squads suffered losses against the visiting Dryden Eagles in NorWOSSA action at Fort High. The senior girls’ basketball team was the lone Muskie squad to come out victorious, scrapping out a 45-36 […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie junior and senior girls’ basketball teams have been nothing short of impressive so far this season and kept that momentum rolling into a showdown with the host Sioux Lookout Warriors on Monday. Fresh off a Bronze-medal winning performance at the annual Tiger Fall Classic tournament in […]
