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 […]
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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 […]
Jamie Mountain Focus on the goal at hand and work to get better each day. That was the mindset of the Muskie girls’ hockey team as they headed into a busy slate of games this week. After opening their NorWOSSA regular season with a 14-1 rout of the Kenora Broncos […]
Staff The Fort Frances PeeWee Leafs claimed the title at the Mankato Meltdown 12U tournament over the weekend with a 4-3 shootout win over Shakopee in the gold-medal game. Piper Miller scored all three of the Leafs’ goals in regulation time while Julia Guertin and Hayden Allam both tallied in […]
Staff The Sunset Country Squash Club sent 15 players to Thunder Bay over the weekend to battle at the Northwestern Ontario Open tournament. Winners were from both ends of the spectrum, with veteran Mary-Beth Tkachuk capturing the ‘D’ title in round-robin play with five-straight wins. Also in ‘D’ action was […]
Jamie Mountain A new season has brought with it a new experience for a local wrestler. Hudson Mann, who was born in Fort Frances but lived in International Falls, has moved to Annandale/Maple Lake, Mn. to fill out a heavyweight spot on the wrestling team there. Most recently, Mann competed […]
Jamie Mountain With their original NorWOSSA regular-season opener against the Kenora Broncos rescheduled to Dec. 15, the Muskie boys’ hockey team was able to fine-tune its skills ahead of the season with a trio of scrimmage games Saturday in Warroad, Mn. Although the black-and-gold went 0-3 record, head coach Jordan […]
Staff A berth to the all-Ontarios just wasn’t to be for the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team. The black-and-gold were swept by the Hammarskjold Vikings at the best-of-three NWOSSAA championship held Friday and Saturday in Thunder Bay. It was dominant weekend for the hosts as they routed the Muskies 58-21 […]
Staff It’s going to be quite the test if the Fort Frances Lakers are to stay at or above the .500 mark over the next while. The Lakers found that out first-hand Friday night as the Red Lake Miners used a three-goal third period to earn a 5-1 win in […]
