The Muskie girls’ soccer team heads into this weekend’s NorWOSSA playoffs here as the top seed after finishing 3-0-1 at a tournament last week in Kenora. The girls opened play Wednesday with a 6-0 drubbing over Dryden, paced by goals from Laureen Cousineau (two), Lynn Pollard, Lindy Holt, Tanya Hughes, […]
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The Muskie girls soccer team have proven to be the class of NorWOSSA so far this season, finishing atop the standings after two tournaments and now head into this weekend’s playoff as the number-one seed. But head coach Struchan Gilson knows full well the playoffs are a much different story–recalling […]
Eight junior members of the Aquanauts competed at the Spring Sprint meet in Warroad on Saturday, with assistant coach Karl Gunderson saying all of them swam “very well.” “It was a fun meet for the kids, and it was good because it was a short trip that took just a […]
Calling them “future members,” Kitchen Creek golf pro Gord Workum taught almost 80 youngsters some of the finer points of the game during the first lesson of the Junior Swing class Monday night. After being rained out the previous two weeks, Workum, along with five other instructors, finally had the […]
Since winning their first three games of tournament play to start the soccer season, the Muskie boys’ team has dropped four of its last five games and now head into this weekend’s NorWOSSA playoffs with plenty of questions. “We had trouble offensively [last week in Kenora],” admitted assistant coach Jason […]
Susie Grynol, female novice national trampolinist, returned to Fort Frances on Monday feeling tired but fulfilled after competing in the national championships in Montreal. The Ontario team finished first in Canada, with Grynol placing sixth in Ontario. More than 200 national-level athletes from Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, […]
Sam Piccinato, Sherri Redford, and Rick and Andrew Stamarski were the big winners last Wednesday night at the banquet for the Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday night bowling leagues. Piccinato walked off with six individual awards, including high average (232) in the Tuesday men’s league, men’s high single flat (357) and […]
Barwick resident Tony Richards is hoping for fur, fins, feathers, and horns to cross his path over the next few months as he picks up the pace in his new business “Sturgeon Creek Taxidermy.” Richards, 25, who is currently running his taxidermy operation out of his parents’ home on Hele […]
Even though the Muskie boys’ soccer team fell 1-0 to Dryden in their final game of a tournament here last weekend to finish in second spot, the coaches came away satisfied their team has a good shot at winning the NorWOSSA title this year. The Muskies opened with a convincing […]
After leading last weekend’s tournament here in offensive production, one thing is certain when it comes to evaluating the Muskie girls’ soccer team. They can score goals. Lots of them. Paced by the offensive talents of Laureen Cousineau, who scored six goals in four games over the weekend, the Muskies […]
The executive of the Fort Frances Trampoline Club held its first-annual general meeting April 25, and fundraising was the major topic. “It is always a struggle to keep these volunteer clubs going,” noted club president Arlan Hahkala, adding there are no grants these days. But he did note Paramount Windows […]
Brad Both of Barwick was named co-winner of the rookie-of-the-year award with the Lebret Eagles of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. Both, 18, played in 60 of the Eagles’ 64 games last season, scoring 10 goals and six assists while recording 102 penalty minutes. The former forward with the ‘AAA’ […]
