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 […]
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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. […]
Staff The Muskie track-and-field team shone brightly at the NWOSAA championships held in Thunder Bay on Tuesday and Wednesday. Fort High will be sending eight athletes to the OFSAA championships, which are slated for June 6-8 at Guelph University. Among the girls, Alacea Yerxa qualified by nabbing silver in the […]
Staff The Couchiching Raiders are off to a great start to the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League season. Grace Bragg pitched brilliantly to help the host Raiders hand the Big Grassy Lynx their first loss of the season in a 12-2 romp on Monday night. It also was the […]
Staff It was a no-go for district stock car racers on Saturday night. The Borderland Racing Association suffered its first cancellation at the Emo Speedway as the track was too wet and the pits were full of water from all of the recent rainfall. Racing is scheduled to resume this […]
Jamie Mountain The season may have came to an end a little earlier than they would have liked but both the Rainy River Owls girls’ and boys’ soccer teams battled hard and earned silver at the NorWOSSA ‘A’ playoffs in Kenora last week. After finishing the regular season in second […]
