Hannah Carter finished her stellar Muskie career in style Monday at Fort High’s annual “Recognition” night, winning three major awards including female athlete-of-the-year. She also took home the Patti-Jo Reid Trophy as the senior girls’ basketball MVP and was honoured as the outstanding contributor for the girls’ soccer team. Siobhan […]
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Greg Ross fired a 72 to win the “Harry Barefoot” championship flight at the Memorial golf tournament Sunday at Kitchen Creek, finishing four strokes ahead of Mike Bolstad. Rob Badiuk and Jim Kilmister each carded 77, one stroke better than Dean Wilson. Gerry Hercun had a 76 to top the […]
The Emo Bulldogs, looking for their third-straight league title, earned two more wins last week to improve to a perfect 4-0 atop the Rainy River District Fastball League standings. Emo opened action last Tuesday with a 5-3 win over the previously unbeaten Barwick Blue Knights (now 2-1), led by a […]
The executive of the Fort Frances Visserettes approved the hiring of Stephanie Logan at its annual general meeting May 26 with a grant to hire a student under the Summer Career Placement Program. Also at that meeting, Rob Morgan was elected president, with Bob Grynol assuming the position of past […]
Using a tight-checking, in-your-face style of play, the Muskie boys’ soccer team overcame the odds and upended the favoured Dryden Eagles 1-0 in the NorWOSSA final here Saturday afternoon. And that will be exactly the style the black-and-gold will have to use this weekend in Marathon if they hope to […]
Mountain biking–it’s not a sport for the weak of heart or timid in spirit. You have to ride up hills normally reserved for black-diamond ski runs in the winter. You have to rush through narrow trails where even walking would be difficult. You have to be careful to watch for […]
Joel Morris tore up the trail at the annual “Sapling Snapper” mountain bike race Sunday at the Quadna Hill Resort in Hill City, Mn., finishing second in the 18-34 age class and third overall among “beginners.” Morris, 21, part of Team GT/Skates and Blades from Fort Frances, finished the 7.6-mile […]
Fort Frances native Bill Selman was honoured with the John MacInnes Award at the 1998 American Hockey Coaches Association awards banquet earlier this month in Naples, Fl. The award recognizes individuals who have shown great concern for amateur hockey and youth programs, and who have had a high winning percentage […]
After an opening night last week which saw a poor draw in terms of both attendance and cars, the Emo Speedway seems to be having trouble getting off the starting line this season. With the Speedway making the switch to Thursday nights this year, and now under the direction of […]
Kim Kirk was the top Aquanaut at the Thunder Bay Thunderbolts swim meet over the weekend, finishing second in the final of her 100m free event. Jeff Plumridge was the only other local swimmer to make a final, placing sixth in his 200m breast event. Kim Murray, Andrea Boileau, Sarah […]
Heading into his third campaign as head coach of the Muskie senior football team, Bob Swing knows exactly what he has in terms of returning talent as he prepares to ‘three-peat’ as NorWOSSA champs. But what he wants to find out is what’s out there in terms of future talent. […]
Even though the Muskie girls’ soccer team had dominated their opposition for the entire season, they knew they would have a tough game against the Beaver Brae Broncos in the NorWOSSA final here Saturday afternoon. Add to the fact it was these same Broncos who upset the black-and-gold in the […]
