Staff The Muskie track-and-field team competed hard, but none of its members were able to advance the finals in their respective events at the OFSAA track-and-field championships held Thursday through Saturday at the University of Guelph. But nonetheless it still was a strong end to the season for the seven […]
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Staff It was a battle of Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League juggernauts but it was the Couchiching Raiders who came out on top last night. The Raiders improved to a league best 6-0 with a narrow 5-4 win over the three-time defending champion Fort Frances Her-icanes. Grace Bragg pitched […]
Staff It’s definitely not the start that they had envisioned. The Muskie boys’ soccer team suffered a 4-0 loss to the top-ranked Iona CSS Dolphins (Mississauga) this morning to kick off the OFSAA ‘AA’ boys’ championships in North Bay. The fifth-ranked Muskies were looking to bounce back against the second-seeded […]
Staff The season couldn’t have started any better for Centra Pipelines. Centra improved to a league-best 2-0 with a 5-2 win over Manitou Forest Products in Borderland Soccer League men’s division action Monday night. Goal scorers were unavailable as of press time. In the season-opener last Monday night (May 27), […]
Jamie Mountain It seemed like the stars were aligning for the Muskie girls’ soccer team to advance to the all-Ontarios for the first time since 2016. But then the Kenora Broncos threw a wrench into the black-and-gold’s plans. The Muskies they saw their OFSAA dreams come to a crashing halt […]
Staff The Fort Frances Angels certainly weren’t in a loving mood on Monday night. The Angels used a four-run third inning to cruise to a 9-3 win over the Dawson Tigers in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League action at the St. Francis Sports Field. After Angels’ ace Rylee Redford […]
Jamie Mountain They ran fast, threw far, and jumped as long and high as they could. It was an excellent two days of competition for the Muskie track-and-field team at the NWOSSAA championships held in Thunder Bay last Tuesday and Wednesday. Fort High will be sending eight athletes to the […]
Jamie Mountain The Golden State Warriors are currently in the midst of a dynasty in the NBA, having won three of the last four Finals. The Muskie boys’ soccer team has formed its own version of the Warriors, creating a dynasty of its own in NorWOSSA play as the black-and-gold […]
Staff It’s been a great start to the Borderland Racing Association season for Tanner Williamson. After not winning a single feature last season, the Fort Frances native now has claimed back-to-back checkered flags as he cruised to victory yet again in the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds division on Saturday night at […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers are finally righting the ship financially but aren’t exactly pleased with the lack of interest locally in the junior ‘A’ hockey franchise. That was the message delivered by Lakers’ president Milt Strachan at their annual general meeting held last Monday night (May 27) at […]
Staff It’s now almost been an entire decade of NorWOSSA dominance for the Muskie boys’ soccer team. Fort High nabbed an incredible ninth-straight league crown with a narrow 2-1 win over the host Dryden Eagles in yesterday afternoon’s final. Brett Allan opened the scoring for the top-ranked Muskies within the […]
Staff It was a battle of the unbeatens but it was the three-time defending champs who came out on the right side of things. The Fort Frances Her-icanes improved their record to 3-0 with a 3-1 win over the Renegades in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League action last night. […]
