Jamie Mountain A great start to the NorWOSSA season has the Muskie junior girls’ basketball team soaring high. The Muskies won both of their games last week as they improved to a league best 3-0. Fort High rolled to a 53-33 romp over the Sioux Lookout Warriors in their home-opener […]
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Staff A historic day on offence led to a second straight win for the Muskie football team on Friday. The Muskies scored on their first three possessions of the game en route to thumping the Churchill Bulldogs 66-19 in their Winnipeg High School Football League home-opener at Fort High. Muskie […]
Staff They say there’s no rest for the weary and the Muskie court sport teams have definitely felt that lately. All four teams played two league games last Tuesday and Thursday while the senior and junior boys’ volleyball squads both competed at the Kenora Invitational Tournament that was hosted by […]
Staff After starting the SIJHL season off on a winning note a week ago, the Fort Frances Lakers faced a much stiffer challenge this time around. The Lakers lost a pair of games to the Dryden GM Ice Dogs over the weekend, by identical 4-3 scores, with both contests featuring […]
Staff The Muskie cross-country running team had a great showing at the season-opening SSSAA Time Trials in Thunder Bay yesterday. Trent Wilson had the top showing for the Muskies, topping the Novice boys’ 4K race with a time of 15:50. He was followed by Caden McGinnes in third (17:33), Maverick […]
Staff It was nearly a clean sweep for the Muskie court sport teams in their NorWOSSA home-openers on Tuesday afternoon against the visiting Sioux Lookout Warriors. In boys’ volleyball action, the Muskie seniors (1-1) picked up their first win of the season with a 2-1 win over the Warriors. The […]
Jamie Mountain You couldn’t have scripted a better second half for the Muskie football team in their “home game” last Thursday in Winnipeg. After overcoming some early shakiness and sloppy plays, the Muskies stretched a slim 19-18 halftime lead into a convincing 50-25 win over the Neelin Spartans in Winnipeg […]
Staff The SIJHL announced Monday that Fort Frances Lakers’ goalie Alex Bugeja has been named its initial Play It Again Sports player-of-the-week for the 2019-20 season. In two starts over the weekend, the 18-year-old West Vancouver, B.C., native backstopped the Lakers to a home-and-home sweep of the Thief River Falls […]
Jamie Mountain While the weather may have been nasty on Friday, Christian Armstrong and Mark Nault were crafting their own perfect storm out on the waters of Rainy River over the weekend. Nault, who is originally from Rainy River but now lives in Dryden, and Armstrong teamed up for an […]
Jamie Mountain The defending champs looked every bit like their dominant selves from a year ago in their first match last Tuesday. The Muskie junior boys’ volleyball team dispatched the host Kenora Broncos with a 3-0 sweep in the NorWOSSA season-opener for both teams. “Overall I was impressed by our […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie junior girls’ basketball team played a ton of basketball last week and have been impressive to start the season. After defeating the host Kenora Broncos 26-14 in the NorWOSSA season-opener last Tuesday (Sept. 17), the Muskies compiled a 2-2 record at a one-day tournament hosted by […]
Press Release As Canada’s National Junior ‘A’ Championship prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary in May in Portage la Prairie, Man., Hockey Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Junior Hockey League, has announced that Canada’s National Junior ‘A’ Championship will return to its original name–the Centennial Cup–starting in 2020. The […]
