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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
