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 […]
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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 […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team had visions of gold dancing in their heads. Alas, the Dryden Eagles had much different plans in store for them. The Eagles stunned the Muskies by winning the championship match by scores of 25-19 and 25-22 to snag the title at the […]
Press Release The Fort Frances Lakers announced Monday that defenceman Anthony Antonelli has committed to play NCAA Division III hockey at Becker College in Worcester, Mass. Antonelli will be joining a Becker Hawks men’s program that competes in the eight-school Commonwealth Coast Conference. The 20-year-old is in his second season […]
Staff The local Northern Lights School of Skating had eight skaters compete at the “Fort Frances Freeze–Super Series” competition hosted by the Border Skating Club back on Jan. 25-26, with great results. In the ranking events, Hallee Nugent placed second in the STAR 5 Women’s Free Skate 13-and-over and the […]
Staff The Mackenzie Jolicouer rink went 3-0 at the U18 regional qualifier in Atikokan over the weekend to earn a berth to the provincials to be held at the Fort Frances Curling Club on March 6-10. The Stratton-based rink, which includes Aynsley Williams (third), Andrea Schram (second), and Micaela Jolicouer […]
