Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers have some more confidence in their game after a weekend sweep against the Minnesota Iron Rangers. The Lakers took care of business with a pair of 7-2 wins against the last-place Iron Rangers (3-40-0-0) in Hoyt Lakes on Friday and Saturday. Fort Frances was […]
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Staff While the weather was a lot nicer last week, the turnout still was a bit low in Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League action last Tuesday night at Fort High. Thankfully, the games were good and those who came out enjoyed some exercise and intense hoops action. The first game […]
Staff A short-handed goal in the third period proved to be the difference as the Muskie boys’ hockey team lost 5-4 to the host Sioux Lookout Warriors yesterday afternoon. The Muskies (11-3) started off well, opening the scoring early in the first period. After winning a face-off in the Muskies’ […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team snagged a pair of road wins last week to improve their NorWOSSA record to 11-2. Facing the host Sioux Lookout Warriors (11-3) last night, the Muskies outlasted their high-powered offence in a 6-4 win. After a shot from the point by Connor Nelson on […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers took care of business over the weekend with a pair of 7-2 wins against the Minnesota Iron Rangers in Hoyt Lakes on Friday and Saturday. The Lakers used a well-balanced attack–getting goals from seven different players Saturday night. Last-place Minnesota (3-40-0-0) did start off strong […]
Staff The Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team showed more of their dominance over the weekend as they compiled a 6-0-1 record en route to claiming the title at the St. Patrick Volleyball Festival in Thunder Bay. Fort High went 3-0-1 in Pool ‘A’ play on Friday, which included straight-sets wins […]
Staff Makenna Henttonen, Martina Woods, Issy Taylor, and Jill Calder each scored twice to pace the Muskie girls’ hockey team to a 14-1 rout of the Sioux Lookout Warriors on Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena that improved their NorWOSSA record to 7-7-0-1. It also was “Seniors’ Night” […]
Staff Bryce Young recorded his fifth hat trick of the season as part of a six-goal barrage in the second period to help the Red Lake Miners to a 7-3 win over the Fort Frances Lakers on Tuesday night at the Cochenour Arena. The Lakers started strong as they opened […]
Staff Tatum Glowasky and Issy Taylor each notched hat tricks to help pace the Muskie girls’ hockey team to a 10-0 rout of the Kenora Broncos on Tuesday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. The pair also recorded two assists apiece as part of a five-point night while birthday […]
Jamie Mountain Talk about a statement weekend for the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team. The black-and-gold won all three of their games en route to claiming the title at the Kenora Invitational Tournament hosted by the Broncos on Friday and Saturday. Facing the Atikokan Voyageurs in Saturday night’s final, the […]
Staff Ayiana Gagne made a big splash at the Northwestern Ontario Long Course Championships held Friday and Saturday in Thunder Bay. The Fort Frances Aquanaut had a great weekend in racking up eight medals in the women’s age 13-14 division. Her haul included gold in the 50m back (35.59), silver […]
Staff A herd of Mighty Mustangs were on the mats in Blackduck, Mn. back on Jan. 26 for their first state qualifier of the season. By meet’s end, five members of the International Falls-based program had punched their ticket to the state tourney set for April in Grand Rapids. State […]
