Staff Makenna Henttonen scored four times and Jill Calder notched a hat trick to pace the Muskie girls’ hockey team to a 16-0 rout of the Sioux Lookout Warriors in the NorWOSSA regular-season finale Tuesday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. Henttonen added two assists as part of a […]
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Staff There were two really good and close games that showed both skill and teamwork in Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League action Tuesday night at Fort High. And that’s what makes men’s league fun as the guys played hard with good attitudes. The first game of the night saw Sunset […]
Jamie Mountain The Rainy River Owls’ girls’ and boys’ curling rinks will be flying high all the way to the NWOSSAA championships. Both squads snagged gold at the NorWOSSA championships held Sunday and Monday at the Fort Frances Curling Club and now advance to NWOSSAA, which is slated for March […]
Staff The Lorne Jackson rink had a weekend to remember at the Region 1 Curling Club Championship held at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The local squad, which also includes Derek Jackson (third), Mark Pedersen (second), and Ed Vold (lead), compiled a 3-0 record en route to snaring a berth […]
Jamie Mountain A season’s worth of hard work and great execution has landed the Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team in a pretty good spot. The squad sported a 7-0 record in NorWOSSA play going into its regular-season finale yesterday against the host Dryden Eagles, with the outcome not known as […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie girls’ hockey team is looking forward to the NorWOSSA playoffs. Fort High (7-7-0-1) is guaranteed to finish third in the five-team league, no matter how the rest of the regular season pans out. That means the Muskies will start the NorWOSSA semi-finals on the road next […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie boys’ hockey team has put itself into a great position to lock up home-ice advantage throughout the NorWOSSA playoffs, which get underway next week. But in order to do that, they’ll need to have another strong effort tomorrow when they host the fifth-place Dryden Eagles at […]
Staff Local figure skater Samantha Halliday put in some impressive performances at the Snow Chill 2019 Super Series competition held Feb. 1-3 in St. Thomas, Ont. The 14-year-old, who is a member of the Border Skating Club, placed 10th in the Juvenile U14 division Free Skate while also earning silver […]
Press Release The provincial government invites families to participate in free fishing on the Family Day weekend. From Feb. 16-18, Canadian residents of all ages can enjoy fishing in Ontario without having to purchase a licence. “We want to encourage families to enjoy the outdoors by providing a fun and […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie Nordic ski team continues to make its mark this season. Three of the nine-member contingent walked away with hardware at the NorWOSSA championships last Wednesday in Atikokan. Tori Toriseva was the top Muskie in claiming gold in the senior girls’ 4.5-km race, clocking in with a […]
Staff Piper Miller scored twice to pace the Fort Frances Attack Scorpions to a narrow 2-1 win over the Dryden She-Devils on Sunday morning at the Ice For Kids Arena in the bronze-medal game of the PeeWee division at the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association’s PeeWee and Bantam tournaments. After […]
Press Release The SIJHL announced Friday that its Board of Governors unanimously has approved the acceptance of a seventh franchise in time for the 2019-20 season to be based in Spooner, Wis. The addition of the new franchise will become official once receiving final approval from Hockey Canada and the […]
