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. […]
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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 […]
Jamie Mountain The Rainy River Owls’ junior and senior girls’ basketball teams have battled hard and shown good resilience so far this season. That was exemplified even further in their wins over the visiting Red Lake Rams in the NorWOSSA ‘A’ regular-season finale last Wednesday afternoon. The juniors romped to […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie football team showed all season a never-say-die, never-give-up attitude–and that was much the same in their semi-final loss to the top-ranked Elmwood Giants last Thursday in Winnipeg. A fourth-quarter touchdown proved to be the difference as the Giants outlasted the Muskies by a narrow 31-30 margin. […]
Jamie Mountain It’s been a tale of two different seasons for the Muskie junior and senior boys’ volleyball teams, but the latter was hoping that anything could happen in the playoffs. Both squads hosted NorWOSSA semi-final matches yesterday, with the juniors downing the Kenora Broncos 3-1 while the seniors earned […]
Jamie Mountain They played all season to earn this shot and they were hoping to make the most of it. Both the Muskie junior and senior girls’ basketball teams capped off impressive regular seasons with wins last Tuesday against the visiting Kenora Broncos–and were excited at the prospect of winning […]
Jamie Mountain The first game action of the season can be unnerving for any team–and the Muskie girls’ hockey squad isn’t exempt from those feelings. But any bouts of nervousness quickly faded away over the weekend as the black-and-gold compiled a 2-1 record at the annual Scott Clendenning Memorial Showcase […]
Jamie Mountain Things appeared to be going well for the Fort Frances Lakers heading into Saturday night’s showdown against the Thief River Falls Norskies at the Ice For Kids Arena. The Lakers had snapped a three-game losing streak last Wednesday with a 4-3 shootout win over the host Norskies, then […]
Jamie Mountain A season’s worth of hard work and dedication paid off for eight members of the Muskie cross-country team as they took part in the OFSAA championships in Hamilton on Saturday. Although none of them were able to add a provincial title to their already-impressive season, head coach John […]
