Even though the Muskie football team grabbed sole possession of first place with a 23-15 victory over the Dryden Eagles there Saturday, head coach Bob Swing made it clear he wasn’t particularly pleased with how his team played. In fact, he described the win as being “very ugly.” Still, Swing […]
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Plaza Lanes owner Dino Morelli is reporting a significant increase in youth bowlers already registered for this season. After seeing 111 bowlers registered with the Youth Bowling Council here last year, Morelli said 150 have signed up so far this year–and that number may jump even higher. Morelli said Plaza […]
The Muskie ‘B’ football team had another tough day on the gridiron yesterday, losing a 34-0 decision to the host Warroad Warriors. The loss dropped the “Bees” to 0-4 on the season but they’ll be looking to turn things around next week with a pair of home games, including a […]
Although the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team lost all three of their games over the weekend in Dryden, head coach Gord McCabe said they were simply a product of early-season mistakes. The Muskies opened the six-team tournament by dropping a 42-28 decision to St. Pat’s (Thunder Bay), and McCabe said […]
With the welcomed return to their home pool at the Sportsplex, the Fort Frances Aquanauts swim team is looking to make another big splash this season. While the team has been training for the past two weeks in preparation for its first developmental meet of the season Oct. 18 in […]
The Muskies were handed a lesson in what it takes to win at the senior level at the eighth-annual FFHS/A&W junior and senior boys’ volleyball tournament here last week. After the black-and-gold swept Rainy River 15-6 and 15-12, then bounced Ignace by identical 15-11 scores to open the eight-team, pre-season […]
Despite coming off a bye week, Muskie head coach Bob Swing said his team is “pretty banged up” heading into their game Saturday up in Dryden. Even though the black-and-gold haven’t seen game action since their 36-0 blowout over the visiting Kenora Broncos in their Homecoming game Sept. 5, Swing […]
With a pair of new coaches, plenty of young players and a new system, the Muskie junior boys’ volleyball team faced plenty of question marks when they took to the court last week for a pre-season tournament. But in the end, the junior spikers came away with a fourth-place finish […]
Kitchen Creek reported a “significant” increase in the number of golfers using the course this year compared to last–despite the fact many of its greens and fairways suffered extensive ice damage this spring. That, coupled with a cold, wet May, left the course in poor shape, forcing the club to […]
Bill Moody and Plum Byrnes both fired 88s on Sunday to capture the men’s and women’s titles in the 21st-annual Frog Creek Open at Kitchen Creek. Both players took top spot by slim one-stroke margins. Moody won a three-night, four-day trip to Las Vegas for his efforts while Byrnes picked […]
The fourth-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship is still more than 10 months away but already it’s attracted two dozen teams more than it can hold. The three-day tournament, which attracted 104 two-person teams this year, has received 149 entries for next July’s event. But only 125 entries will be […]
The 1997 “Bassin’ for Bucks” tournament in Sioux Narrows, with its unique format, was well-planned and staged by organizers, Mel Giesbrecht, Chris Bell, Lindsay Bowman and the rest of the highly-proficient volunteers. Giesbrecht and Bell, well-known on the bass tournament circuit and one-time winners of the Kenora Bass International, while […]
