Staff It appears–at least early on–as though the Fort Frances Lakers would like to put two-straight years of finishing fifth in the SIJHL standings behind them. The Lakers kicked off the 2018-19 regular season in impressive fashion over the weekend with pair of road wins. Kirk Coppock scored in overtime […]
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Here are the sunrise and sunset times for Sept. 27-Oct. 3: •Sept. 27–7:08 a.m. and 7 p.m. •Sept. 28–7:09 a.m. and 6:58 p.m. •Sept. 29–7:11 a.m. and 6:56 p.m. •Sept. 30–7:12 a.m. and 6:54 p.m. •Oct. 1–7:14 a.m. and 6:52 p.m. •Oct. 2–7:15 a.m. and 6:50 p.m. •Oct. 3–7:17 a.m. […]
Jamie Mountain Cracking the top 10 two years in a row was nice for Doug McBride and Steve Ballan. But they wanted a little more this time around. The district duo teamed up once again and mastered the waters of the Rainy River in claiming the 20th-annual Rainy River Walleye […]
Press Release On Nov. 26, there will be a better way for hunters and anglers across Ontario to get their Outdoors Cards and hunting and fishing licensing products. “The new fish and wildlife licensing service that we are launching in November will make getting outdoors easier for hunters and anglers,” […]
Jamie Mountain Members of the Muskie golf team were able to card some better scores at the second event of the NorWOSSA regular season last Thursday at the Beauty Bay course in Kenora but they’ll need some luck if they are to qualify for NWOSSAA here next week. The black-and-gold […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie junior girls’ basketball team got off to a great start last Thursday afternoon in their NorWOSSA regular-season opener against the visiting Dryden Eagles. The offence was clicking and the defence was holding firm as the black-and-gold built a 17-0 lead about midway through the second quarter. […]
Jamie Mountain It’s been a tale of two different seasons so far for the Muskie junior and senior boys’ volleyball teams. The juniors have roared out of the gate, winning their NorWOSSA season-opener 3-2 (25-15, 20-25, 25-19, 22-25, and 15-12) against the visiting Dryden Eagles last Thursday afternoon before claiming […]
Staff It was a week of mixed results for former Muskie Chelsea Kabatay and the rest of the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs women’s volleyball team. The squad split its four games, winning both matches last Wednesday before dropping both on Saturday. RRCC (4-6) started with a sweep of Gogebic […]
Jamie Mountain The day really could not have gone any better for a number of athletes on the Muskie cross-country team at the SSSAA Time Trials last Wednesday at the Kamview Ski Trails in Thunder Bay. In the first meet of the NorWOSSA season, the junior girls’ squad–comprised of Ashlyn […]
Staff You can’t say they’re not consistent. The Muskie golf team nabbed a second-straight fourth-place finish in the boys’ division at the second tournament of the NorWOSSA season Thursday at the Beauty Bay course in Kenora. The black-and-gold had two boys’ squads compete in Kenora, with the first totalling a […]
Staff It’s been quite the start to the season for the Muskie junior boys’ volleyball and girls’ basketball teams. The junior spikers claimed the title at the Kenora Invitational Tournament over the weekend, downing the Sioux North Warriors in Saturday’s final. The black-and-gold had opened tourney play Friday with a […]
Staff It seems the Muskie football team has some early-season momentum. A week after routing the host Tec Voc Hornets 42-0, the Muskies (2-1) had to dig down deep defensively in grinding out a 14-8 win over the previously undefeated Elmwood Giants (2-1) in their WHSFL home-opener Friday afternoon. After […]
