Staff It’s been some trying times of late for the Fort Frances Lakers. A pair of 5-2 losses to the visiting Thunder Bay North Stars and Red Lake Miners over the weekend extended the Lakers’ losing streak to four games. Bryce Young and Ethan Stuckless each scored twice in the […]
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Press Release The SIJHL announced Thursday the coaches and officials for its all-star game and skills competition, which is slated for this Wednesday (Nov. 28) at the Ice For Kids Arena. Wayne Strachan of the Fort Frances Lakers was named as head coach for the Team Canada. Strachan, a five-time […]
Staff It was a weekend of very different results for the two Muskie hockey teams. The Dryden Eagles used a late three-goal outburst in the third period to down the Muskie girls’ squad 4-1 yesterday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena. After a scoreless first period, Hailee Lundmark opened […]
Staff The surging Thunder Bay North Stars used a hat trick from Keighan Gerrie to skate to their seventh-straight win in a 6-3 decision over the Fort Frances Lakers in SIJHL action last night at the Fort William Gardens. The Lakers (9-10-0-0) actually opened the scoring when captain Nick Lucas […]
Staff Games in the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League continued the early trend of being low-scoring on Tuesday night at Fort High. The first game of the night featured the Muskies battling the BDO Ballerz, which was an exciting match between what seemed to be two evenly-matched teams. League newcomer […]
Staff It was the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints who went marching in to victory on Tuesday in Kenora. Jill Calder tallied a second-period goal but it wasn’t enough as the Muskie girls’ hockey team lost 3-1 to the host Saints to see their NorWOSSA record drop to 1-1. Chloe Skead […]
Jamie Mountain In the end they were simply overmatched, but it wasn’t for a lack of effort by the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team. The black-and-gold saw their impressive season come to an end as they were swept by the Hammarskjold Vikings at the best-of-three NWOSSAA championship held Friday and […]
Jamie Mountain Although it wasn’t showing on the scoreboard, Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach/general manager Wayne Strachan felt his squad was getting the better of the chances and dictating play Friday night against the visiting Red Lake Miners. The problem was the Lakers couldn’t bury their scoring opportunities while the […]
Staff The Fort Frances Canadians unfortunately felt the heat Sunday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena. Jett Mintenko scored twice to pace the North End Flames (Thunder Bay) to a narrow 3-2 win over the Canadians in the gold-medal final of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s annual Bantam […]
Staff With the season officially in the books, it was time to hand out some hardware. The Muskie football team held its annual awards banquet Monday night at the Copper River Inn. Taking home the Paul Renaud Most Valuable Player award was wide receiver Riley Argue. Argue had a stellar […]
Staff A Fort Frances resident will represent Sunset Country at the provincial pins-over-average (P.O.A.) roll-offs set for Thunder Bay in February. June McNally, who currently bowls out of Balmertown, earned a berth on Sunset Country Team #1 by finishing tops among the women competing in the zone round held there […]
Here are the sunrise and sunset times for Nov. 22-28: •Nov. 22–7:33 a.m. and 4:26 p.m. •Nov. 23–7:35 a.m. and 4:26 p.m. •Nov. 24–7:36 a.m. and 4:25 p.m. •Nov. 25–7:37 a.m. and 4:24 p.m. •Nov. 26–7:39 a.m. and 4:23 p.m. •Nov. 27–7:40 a.m. and 4:22 p.m. •Nov. 28–7:41 a.m. and […]
