Jamie Mountain They were the best team in the regular season and rightfully earned the bye to the NorWOSSA ‘A’ junior girls’ basketball final. And as it turns out, they were the best team between them and the host St. Thomas Aquinas Saints last week in Kenora. The Rainy River […]
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Jamie Mountain The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team may have lost three of four games to the top-ranked Dryden Eagles during the regular season but it wrote a new script in the NorWOSSA final here last Tuesday night. The second-seeded Muskies used a nine-point performance from Grace Petsnick to upset […]
Jamie Mountain They knew the target was squarely on their backs and that a talented Kenora Broncos’ team would be hungry to try to snatch the crown from them at the “Fish Tank.” But the top-ranked Muskie junior girls’ basketball team displayed the skills that had made them the top […]
Jamie Mountain Team Jackson is ready to show what it can do on a national stage. The rink–which includes locals Kathie Jackson (skip), Michelle McFayden (lead), Jacquee Loerzel (second), Leanne Eluik (third), and Teresa McFayden (fifth)–went 6-0 en route to nabbing the title with a 9-4 triumph over Lisa Wilson […]
Here are the sunrise and sunset times for Nov. 15-21: •Nov. 15–7:23 a.m. and 4:34 p.m. •Nov. 16–7:24 a.m. and 4:32 p.m. •Nov. 17–7:26 a.m. and 4:31 p.m. •Nov. 18–7:27 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. •Nov. 19–7:29 a.m. and 4:29 p.m. •Nov. 20–7:30 a.m. and 4:28 p.m. •Nov. 21–7:32 a.m. and […]
Jamie Mountain A new season brings new hope for the Muskie boys’ hockey team. The black-and-gold were denied an 11th-straight trip to OFSAA last season when they lost 4-3 in double-overtime to the Sioux Lookout Warriors in the third-and-deciding game of the NorWOSSA final here back in March. It was […]
Jamie Mountain They almost played the role of underdogs to perfection but came up just short in the end. The third-seeded Rainy River Owls’ senior boys’ volleyball team battled hard but just couldn’t muster up enough to take down the second-ranked Atikokan Voyageurs in a heart-breaking five-set loss in the […]
Staff Talk about capping a successful weekend in style. Callum McCormick’s hat trick helped the Emo Express Green roll to a 4-1 win over the West End Bruins in the gold-medal game of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s annual PeeWee ‘A’ tournament Sunday at the Ice For Kids Arena. […]
Jamie Mountain A return trip to the worlds just wasn’t in the cards for Team Bonot at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship last week in Winnipeg. The squad–comprised of Stratton-born siblings Trevor Bonot (skip) and Jackie McCormick (third), along with fellow Stratton native Angela Lee-Wiwcharyk (lead) and Mike McCarville of […]
Staff A new face helped the Fort Frances Lakers secure four valuable points in the SIJHL standings as they won both of their games over the weekend. After being acquired from the Red Lake Miners on Thursday for a player development fee, forward Owen Lee played a key role in […]
Staff Talk about a banner day for the Muskie court sports teams. The junior and senior girls’ basketball teams, as well as the junior boys’ volleyball squad, all came away with NorWOSSA gold on Tuesday at Fort High. The top-ranked junior hoopsters rolled to a 39-25 win over the second-seeded […]
Jamie Mountain They may have finished with the same record but the Rainy River Owls’ senior and junior boys’ volleyball teams had much different conclusions in the NorWOSSA ‘A’ regular-season finale last Wednesday afternoon at RRHS. Both squads wound up at 5-3 after defeating the visiting Red Lake Rams but […]
