Jamie Mountain The Red Lake Miners have proven to be a tough challenge for the Fort Frances Lakers over the last few seasons–and that’s not likely to change anytime soon. The Miners have been one of the hottest teams in the SIJHL of late, winning three-straight to sit in third-place […]
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Jamie Mountain To say the Muskie football team has been impressive this season would be a massive understatement. A 17-7 win over the Maples Marauders here Thursday afternoon gave the Muskies (4-1) their fourth-straight win and the very real possibility of finishing atop the WHSFL’s seven-team Currie Division (‘A’) by […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers were able to put any thoughts of going on an early-season slide to bed Saturday night. After dropping a second-straight game Friday night by a 4-2 score to the visiting Thief River Falls Norskies, the Lakers rebounded in a big way with a 5-0 shutout […]
Staff Talk about a day of Muskie dominance. All four court sports teams came away victorious against the visiting Kenora Broncos on Thursday afternoon at Fort High. The senior boys’ volleyball squad nabbed its first win of the season to improve to 1-3 in NorWOSSA play. They downed the visitors […]
Staff The Muskie football team has been a well-oiled machine this season and rolled to their fourth-straight win Thursday afternoon with a 17-7 victory over the Maples Marauders in WHSFL action at Fort High. After a scoreless first half in which both quarterbacks threw interceptions, the Muskies (4-1) opened the […]
Staff The season officially has come to a close for the Muskie golf team. Neither Aiden Wielinga nor Mikel Ward were able to qualify for OFSAA at the NWOSSAA championships held Tuesday at Kitchen Creek. Ward carded a 93 while Wielinga shot a 107 to finish 20th and 36th, respectively, […]
Staff It was a successful day for two of the four Muskie court sports teams Tuesday in Dryden. Both the senior and junior girls’ basketball teams came away victorious while both boys’ volleyball squads stumbled. The senior hoopsters led the host Eagles 32-27 at halftime before cruising to a 63-51 […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers have started the season strong in winning three of their first four games, but playing a more physical brand of hockey is something head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan is hoping his squad will adapt to. Fort Frances (3-1-0-0) won its home-opener 6-5 […]
Jamie Mountain It was monkey see, monkey do last week for both the Rainy River Owls’ senior and junior girls’ basketball teams. Both squads defeated the host Pelican Falls Timberwolves and Sioux Lookout Warriors to start the NorWOSSA ‘A’ regular season with identical 2-0 records. The senior hoopsters opened play […]
Staff The best and brightest that the local fastball leagues had to offer this season were celebrated Saturday night as the men’s and women’s leagues held their combined awards banquet at the Stratton Recreation Centre. Travis Tom, with the back-to-back Rainy River District Fastball League champion Fort Frances Braves, was […]
Jamie Mountain Losing is tough and no team ever wants to go through the range of emotions after suffering a defeat. It’s even tougher when you’re a basketball team and lose on a buzzer-beater after fighting back from a late seven-point deficit. But such was the case for the Muskie […]
Staff Steve Arpin capped the inaugural Americas Rallycross (ARX) season by placing third in the World Rallycross USA held over the weekend at Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Tex. Scott Speed of Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross claimed the title while teammate Tanner Foust did all he could in the last […]
