Staff Jack Lane had a pair of power-play goals while Nick Swain and MacKenzie Flett both had three-point nights as the Fort Frances Lakers dumped the Dryden GM Ice Dogs 6-2 Friday night in SIJHL action at Dryden’s Memorial Arena. Jaxon Krupa knocked in his first SIJHL goal on a […]
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Staff The Fort Frances Lakers rode a spectacular 62-save performance from goalie Alex Bugeja to a 3-1 win over the expansion Wisconsin Lumberjacks last night at the Spooner Civic Center. Although they were outshot 18-12 in the first period, it was the Lakers (3-2) who picked up the first three […]
Staff Tanner Foust became the new Americas Rallycross (ARX) Championship leader after a thrilling victory in the ARX of Austin at Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas on Saturday afternoon. Loenbro Motorsports’ Steve Arpin, who is from Fort Frances, started on the third row of the final after a […]
Staff It was nearly another sweep for the Muskie court sport teams yesterday against the visiting Kenora Broncos. In girls’ basketball action, the Muskie juniors improved to 4-0 with a 33-16 win over the Broncos (1-3). Grace Smith led all scorers with 10 points while Ayiana Gagne chipped in with […]
Staff The Rainy River Community College Voyageurs women’s volleyball team was on the wrong end of the scoresheet once again in their lone match last week. RRCC (3-14 overall, 1-7 in the conference) lost its second match in a row with a 3-0 sweep at the hands of the visiting […]
Robin McCormickDevlin correspondent Birch Point Camp help its annual one-day bass tournament. Forty six teams competed this year. Placing first place was the team of Dan Tucker and Jason Cain, who took home $3,000. Second place was won by by the father-son duo of Leroy and Mike Wilson, who pocketed […]
Staff Hockey is a sport for everyone and the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association is hosting an Esso Fun Days program this Saturday. Esso Fun Days will run from 9-11 a.m. at the ’52 Canadians Arena is a free program for girls interested in trying out the sport for the […]
Jamie Mountain The black-and-gold could be seeing a lot more gold this season if its first race of the NorWOSSA season was any indication of what’s to come. The Muskie cross-country running team shone brightly with many great performances at the season-opening SSSAA Time Trials in Thunder Bay last Wednesday. […]
Jamie Mountain Much like the other three Muskie court sport teams, the senior boys’ volleyball squad had a busy week last week with a pair of NorWOSSA games but they also travelled and played at the annual Kenora Invitational Tournament over the weekend. The Muskies played hard and ultimately came […]
Staff It was an impressive end to the year for local motocross racers at the Superior Dirt Riders’ sixth-and-final stop in Atikokan on Saturday. Dylan Tessier of Devlin had the best showing in topping the MX3 Beginner race while Alex Kreger of Emo was 11th. Landon Flinders of Fort Frances […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team was late arriving and didn’t get enough warm-up time in ahead of their NorWOSSA league game last Thursday in Dryden. Add in the fact that the game clock wasn’t working properly and it all led to one whole headache as the Muskies […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers are learning what it takes to win on a nightly basis in the SIJHL. Sometimes the lessons are tough, as the Lakers found out over the weekend as they dropped a pair of games, by the identical 4-3 score on Friday and Saturday night, […]
