Staff It was a banner day for three of the four Muskie court teams on Friday at the NorWOSSA playoffs hosted by the Kenora Broncos. The junior and senior girls’ volleyball teams, as well as the senior boys’ hoops squads, all won their respective finals to finish as league champs. […]
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Staff The Muskie Nordic ski team put on a show at the NWOSSAA championships held Tuesday in Dryden. The black-and-gold now will have four of its members representing Northwestern Ontario at the OFSAA championships set for Feb. 28-March 1 in Duntroon. Emma Toriseva (17:55) and Kayli Machura (18:33) finished 1-2 […]
Staff The Muskie court teams ended the NorWOSSA regular season by earning a split with the host Dryden Eagles on Tuesday afternoon. The junior girls’ volleyball squad won 3-0 to cap league play with an unblemished 8-0 record. It wasn’t as good of news for the seniors, however, as they […]
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 […]
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 […]
