Staff The local Cyclone swim club racked up 53 medals at the season-opening meet hosted by the Dryden Dolphins over the weekend. On the boys’ side, Gabe Gunderson took home five medals in the age 13-and-up division. That included gold in the 25m back (21.84) and bronze in each of […]
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Staff They had a great season but a championship just wasn’t to be in the end. The Muskie football team battled hard but ultimately fell just short in a 31-30 semi-final loss to the Elmwood Giants in WHSFL playoff action Thursday in Winnipeg. After the top-ranked Giants had built a […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers were able to snap a three-game losing skid last week but couldn’t turn that into an extended winning streak over the weekend. The Lakers blanked the Minnesota Iron Rangers 4-0 on Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena to win their second in a […]
Staff The Muskie cross-country team capped a banner season with a good showing at the OFSAA championships in Hamilton on Saturday. As a team, the junior girls’ squad finished 25th out of 38 schools with a combined time of 1:36:34–good enough for a score of 655. Glebe CI (Ottawa) finished […]
Staff The Muskie court teams did a pretty good job of defending home court Tuesday afternoon as they closed out their NorWOSSA regular-season action against the Kenora Broncos. The junior girls’ basketball squad cruised to a 29-19 win over the Broncos (3-4) to finish the season in first place with […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers blew a three-goal lead before hanging on to edge the Thief River Falls Norskies 4-3 in a shootout last night at the Ralph Engelstad Arena. The victory avenged a 4-1 loss to the Norskies there Saturday night as the fourth-place Lakers improved their SIJHL record […]
Here are the sunrise and sunset times for Nov. 1-7: •Nov. 1–8:01 a.m. and 5:53 p.m. •Nov. 2–8:02 a.m. and 5:51 p.m. •Nov. 3–8:04 a.m. and 5:50 p.m. •Nov. 4–7:05 a.m. and 4:48 p.m. •Nov. 5–7:07 a.m. and 4:47 p.m. •Nov. 6–7:09 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. •Nov. 7–7:10 a.m. and […]
Jamie Mountain With the way they’ve played this season, NorWOSSA gold more than likely is in the near future for the Muskie junior girls’ basketball team. The Muskies dumped the host Dryden Eagles 46-26 on Thursday afternoon to improve their league record to 6-1. “I was happy that we got […]
Jamie Mountain A wave of new changes has swept over the Muskie girls’ hockey team heading into this season. The roster features just four returning players while the team also has a new coaching staff, which will be led by Chris Sinclair. Todd Hamilton decided to step down as head […]
Staff The first instalment of the Northern Cup Squash Challenge is now in the books between Sioux Lookout and the local Sunset Country Squash Club. The challenge features ‘A,’ ‘B,’ ‘C,’ and ‘D’ players facing off for five total games each, with total points being the winning decision–much like golf’s […]
Ryan PyetteLondon Free Press Nobody is shocked Cole Tymkin is leading the London Knights in penalty minutes one month into the OHL season. But scoring? The rough-and-tumble forward didn’t realize it himself until a bunch of his teammates pointed it out to him in the dressing room this week. His […]
Jamie Mountain If you’ve never been to a high school basketball game, or haven’t been to one in a while, the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team has played in some very entertaining ones so far and would love more support from the community. That’s the message head coach Gord McCabe […]
