Jamie Mountain It truly is the “dog days” of the SIJHL regular season and it has had its effect on the Fort Frances Lakers. The undermanned Lakers weren’t able to keep up with the league-leading Thunder Bay North Stars in a 5-0 loss here Friday night but rebounded with a […]
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Staff Benton Ashworth scored twice to pace the Fort Frances DC Giants to a 6-4 win over the Fort Frances Armstrong Crushers on Sunday morning in the final of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s annual Novice tournament at the Ice For Kids Arena. Kolton Joyce opened the scoring for […]
Staff The Mighty Mustang youth wrestling program from International Falls had a number of its members compete in another state qualifier in Bemidji, Mn. on Sunday. Placings there included Pre-Kindergarten wrestlers Brantley Herbert and Victor Schermerhorn in third while Jace Krueger took fourth. First-grader George Boe took third while Jenika […]
Jamie Mountain At this rate, the Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team is starting to look like a dynasty. The black-and-gold capped an undefeated season with a 3-0 sweep of the second-place Kenora Broncos in the NorWOSSA final Friday afternoon in Kenora. It also was the second-straight league title for the […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers were able to earn a split in their home games over the weekend. The undermanned Lakers weren’t able to keep up with the league-leading Thunder Bay North Stars in a 5-0 loss Friday night but then rebounded with a big 6-2 win over the visiting […]
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. […]
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 […]
