Brande Hyatt went into last weekend’s all-Ontario figure skating competition with the goal of finishing in the middle of the pack against the province’s top skaters. And the 12-year-old from Devlin did exactly that, skating a near flawless performance en route to a seventh-place finish in Gravenhurst against 11 other […]
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Despite taking the expansion Grand Rapids Griffins to the Eastern Conference quarter-finals of the International Hockey League in their inaugural season, and leading the team to an almost guaranteed playoff berth this year, Dave Allison is now out of a job. The Fort Frances native was relieved of his coaching […]
As 125 athletes and countless other volunteers converged on Fort Frances on Saturday for the Ontario Region 8 Spring Games, it didn’t take long to notice these Games were special. Athletes from Atikokan, Dryden, Kenora, Thunder Bay, and Nipigon competed in five-pin bowling and swimming against their counterparts from Fort […]
The Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association board will soon be looking at the possibility of fielding a “AA” Midget team that would play an exhibition schedule with teams from Minnesota by as early as next season. The “AA” Midget team concept is the brainchild of Tom Koski, who said the […]
Jeff Savage scored four goals and added an assist to help pace the B•Macs Bantam “AA” rep team to a 7-1 exhibition win over the Northwestern “AAA” PeeWee all-star squad here Sunday. Ross Anderson, Scott Witherspoon, and Steve Niskala also scored in the win. Mike Bylawski, assisted by A.J. Tucker, […]
After losing the NorWOSSA gold-medal game to Dryden just a few weeks ago, and then dropping another decision to them to open the NWOSSAA playdowns in Thunder Bay, Fort Frances skip Bill Crewson was hoping to get another crack at his closest rival. So after Crewson had already closed out […]
The Sunset Country Snowmobile Club and local OPP have a simple message for snowmobilers in the wake of last Monday’s fatality on Stanjiko-ming Bay. Stay off the ice. The local snowmobile club closed all of its groomed trails last Wednesday, club president Jerry Darvell said, even though the accident, which […]
Heading into the NorWOSSA playoffs last week, it appeared the previously undefeated Dryden Eagles would be the team to beat. But the Kenora Broncos were the best team when it counted, vaulting themselves into the NWOSSAA playoffs against the Thunder Bay champs after sweeping the Muskies and Eagles last Thursday […]
Throughout this season, the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team made it a habit of playing close games, with several decided in the final seconds or overtime. So it was fitting that the NorWOSSA final against Kenora last Thursday was no different. Trailing by 13 points at halftime, the black-and-gold roared […]
The Muskies picked the perfect time to become road Warriors last night in Red Lake, upsetting the Rams 6-4 to win the third, and deciding game, in their best of three semi-final series. The win capped off a wild comeback for the black-and-gold, who battled back from a 1-0 deficit […]
The Muskies continued their dominance at the junior level this season as both the boys’ basketball and girls’ volleyball teams won gold Monday afternoon at the NorWOSSA finals in Dryden. John Sivonen had 30 points, and Evan Woodland netted 22, to pace the junior boys to a 61-49 victory over […]
For a young player with aspirations of someday playing on the professional circuit, Rob Nigro is quite content about showcasing his skills at local tournaments like the one here last weekend. And the 15-year-old Thunder Bay native stole the show Sunday afternoon, dazzling the crowd at the Sportsplex with a […]
