Staff The Fort Frances Lakers showed off some of their patented early-season resilience by splitting a pair of games over the weekend. After rallying for a 4-3 shootout win over the host Red Lake Miners on Friday night, the Lakers followed that up with a hard-fought 3-2 road loss to […]
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Staff A bye to the Winnipeg High School Football League playoff semifinals just wasn’t to be for the Muskie football team. The Maples Marauders scored four touchdowns en route to a 29-6 win over the black-and-gold last Wednesday afternoon in Winnipeg. The loss snapped a four-game winning streak for the […]
Staff It was a clean sweep for the Muskie court sport teams yesterday against the visiting Dryden Eagles at Fort High. In girls’ basketball action, the juniors improved to 7-1 with a 47-26 romp over the Eagles (6-2). Tatum Glowasky led the way with a 17-point performance while Ayiana Gagne […]
Staff The Muskie cross-country team had a superb showing at the NWOSSAA championships held at the Kamview Ski Trails in Thunder Bay yesterday. Fort High had 19 runners qualify for the all-Ontarios, which is slated for Nov. 2 in Sudbury. Alexia Gate and Leah Seguin finished 1-2 in the Midget […]
Staff The tough times unfortunately continued for the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs women’s volleyball team last week. The Voyageurs, which includes former Muskies Hailee Barnard and Alex Spuzak, dropped their seventh straight match with a 3-0 decision to the host Central Lakes Raiders last Tuesday. The set scores were […]
Jamie Mountain The learning never stops for the Muskie junior boys’ volleyball team and it was able to strengthen its development last week. The Muskies (4-3) snapped a two-match losing streak with a 2-0 sweep of the Broncos (0-6) in Kenora last Wednesday afternoon. The set scores were 25-10 and […]
Jamie Mountain You’ll find Noah Loveday’s name on the scoresheet more often than not so far this SIJHL season. The Fort Frances native is in the midst of a career year for the Fort Frances Lakers, racking up a league-best nine goals to go along with four assists for 13 […]
Jamie Mountain Even a day filled with miserable field conditions could not stop the roll the Muskie football team is currently on. The Muskies scored a pair of touchdowns in the third quarter en route to blanking the Neelin Spartans 20-0 for their fourth straight win in Winnipeg High School […]
Jamie Mountain With the NorWOSSA playoffs just around the corner, the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team faced probably the closest thing to a playoff-type struggle last Wednesday in Kenora. A determined Broncos team played the black-and-gold tough before Fort High finally pulled away in the fourth quarter to nab a […]
Jamie Mountain Sometimes it is hard to know what to expect from players at the junior level, but so far so good for the Rainy River Owl girls’ basketball team this season. The Owls played well and cruised to a 38-22 win over the Red Lake Rams in their NorWOSSA […]
Jamie Mountain The goal each match is to get better and so far both the Rainy River Owl junior and senior boys’ volleyball teams have been able to do that. The juniors defeated the Red Lake Rams 3-0 last Thursday afternoon in their NorWOSSA ‘A’ home-opener at RRHS to see […]
Jamie Mountain The defence has been solid all season and Gord McCabe is hopeful that trend will continue for the Muskie junior girls’ basketball team as it winds down the NorWOSSA regular season over the next few weeks. The Muskies improved their league record to 6-1 with a 44-19 win […]
