Staff It’s a game the Muskies girls’ hockey team will like to put behind them quickly. The Dryden Eagles exploded for four goals in the second period and never looked back in a 7-1 rout of Fort High on Tuesday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. After a scoreless […]
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Staff A Jake Eischen power-play goal with just under six minutes to go proved to be the game-winner as the Thief River Falls Norskies held off a late Fort Frances Lakers’ rally in a 5-3 win last night at the Ralph Engelstad Arena. The Norskies came out strong, grabbing a […]
Staff Three of the four Muskie court teams came away victorious Tuesday afternoon in NorWOSSA action against the host Kenora Broncos. Both the junior and senior girls’ volleyball squads claimed their matches in four sets to improve their league records to an identical 5-0. The juniors won by scores of […]
Staff The Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association’s PeeWee Leafs travelled to Fargo, N.D. to play in the SCHEELS Girls’ International Hockey Tournament over the weekend, where they wound up finishing in fifth place in the 12U ‘B’ division. As a result of injuries and a short bench, the squad picked […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie boys’ hockey team has been able to withstand a plethora of injuries and are more than ready to embrace what the second half of the season might bring. The black-and-gold finished the first half of the NorWOSSA season with a 5-2 record and headed into the […]
Jamie Mountain Sean Cameron had his mind made up heading into the weekend that he wasn’t going to be denied. With former champs Anniss Seid and Peter Russell opting not to compete this time around, the door was wide open and Cameron took full advantage–showing off some fantastic skills in […]
Staff Landon Okell and Benjamin Norlock each scored twice to pace the Red Lake Gladiators to a 7-1 romp over the Lake of the Woods Bears here Sunday afternoon to claim the title of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s annual Bantam ‘A’ tournament. After a mostly back-and-forth first period, […]
Jamie Mountain It’s been a dream start to the NorWOSSA season for both the Muskie senior and junior girls’ volleyball teams. The juniors made quick work of the host Dryden Eagles (0-4) back on Dec. 20 with a 3-0 win to head into the Christmas break in first place with […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie senior and junior boys’ basketball teams battled hard in the first half of the NorWOSSA season and are looking to continue that trend over the latter part of the schedule. The seniors went into the Christmas break fresh off an impressive 74-52 win over the host […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie girls’ hockey team’s fitness level is going to be put to the test over the next couple of weeks. The black-and-gold kicked off a busy stint by playing in the annual Loop Weekend tournament in Thunder Bay over the weekend, where they compiled a 1-2-1 record. […]
Jamie Mountain It may be a new year but the same old problems are plaguing the Fort Frances Lakers. A rough first period ultimately proved too much to overcome as the Dryden GM Ice Dogs rolled to a 6-1 victory over the visiting Lakers on Saturday night in both teams’ […]
Staff The PeeWee ‘AAA’ Paper Kings represented Northwestern Ontario–and Canada–at the Paul Bunyan International PeeWee Hockey Tournament held Dec. 28-30 in Bemidji, Mn. The team features local players Teagan Wrolstad, Royce Allan, Dakato Cooper, and Hayden Beckett, and is coached by Rooke Pitura of Kenora along with Corrie Trist and […]
