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 […]
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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 […]
Staff Malcolm Huemmert scored twice and added an assist to help the Dryden GM Ice Dogs to a 6-1 victory over the visiting Fort Frances Lakers on Saturday night in both teams’ return from the SIJHL’s holiday break. Dryden wasted little time getting going as Rayman Bassi opened the scoring […]
Staff It was an up-and-down weekend for the Muskie girls’ hockey team. The black-and-gold compiled a 1-2-1 record at the annual Loop Weekend tournament in Thunder Bay. The Muskies opened play Friday evening with a 3-1 win over the Midget ‘C’ Fury. Jill Calder scored twice while Abbie Kenny had […]
Staff With defending champ Anniss Seid opting not to play this time around, the door was wide open for Steve Boileau. Boileau made good on the opportunity to sit atop the ‘A’ Open division once again as he downed Jason Kabel 3-1 in the final at the Sunset Country Squash […]
Jamie Mountain The season already has had its fair share of challenges but the Muskie girls’ hockey team has met them head on while continuing to look at ways to improve. A 6-5 loss to the visiting St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) back on Dec. 18 saw the black-and-gold’s NorWOSSA […]
