Staff The Muskie football team showed no signs of rust in their first game of the WHSFL season. Just a week after having to forfeit their opener against the host Churchill Bulldogs due to not having enough players showing up for practice, the black-and-gold were firing on all cylinders Friday […]
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Jamie Mountain With the NorWOSSA regular-season opener rapidly approaching, the Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team knows it has little time to get ready. The Muskies will host the Dryden Eagles next Thursday (Sept. 20) and with that in mind, head coach John Gibson noted his squad will be looking to […]
Jamie Mountain Having experience on a team always is a good thing–and it’s something the Muskie junior boys’ volleyball squad is stocked up on this season. Ashton Cousineau, Declan Webb, Jaxon Gartzke, Joseph Hardy, Peyton Avis, Tristan Yerxa, and Zakary Kellar all were selected to the Region 1 14U boys’ […]
Jamie Mountain After forfeiting their WHSFL season-opener last week against the host Churchill Bulldogs due to inadequate practice time and not having enough players attending those practises, the Muskie football team is hopeful it will be able to play its next game this Friday when they face the host Tec […]
Jamie Mountain The SIJHL announced last Wednesday that Fort Frances will serve as the host community for the league’s annual all-star game. The game is slated for Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Ice For Kids Arena. Lakers’ head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan believes hosting the […]
Staff Another fishing tournament culminated in yet another win for Jeff “Gussy” Gustafson. After claiming a second-straight International Falls Bass Championship title alongside Scott Dingwall last month, Gustafson of Keewatin teamed up with Kenora’s Mike Reid to nab the crown at the 23rd-annual “Bassin For Bucks” in Sioux Narrows over […]
Jamie Mountain The wins may not count just yet but don’t think for one second that getting off on a winning foot wasn’t a top priority for the Fort Frances Lakers. The squad kicked off its SIJHL pre-season schedule in style over the weekend by claiming both games of a […]
Jamie Mountain It’s that time of year again and you can bet both the Muskie junior and senior girls’ basketball teams are itching to get their seasons started. Led by head coach Angela Petsnick and assistant Gord McCabe, the junior squad has seen higher numbers try out than for the […]
Staff Dayton Brady of Devlin nabbed the checkered flag in the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds feature at the new Lake of the Woods Speedway in Kenora on Sunday. Former Emo resident Christopher Leek was second while other local driver, Ritchie Lapointe, was fourth and newcomer Brendan Morand finished sixth. In the […]
Staff The Muskie football team’s start to the WHSFL season has been delayed. The black-and-gold had to cancel their season-opener against the Churchill Bulldogs in Winnipeg on Friday after FFHS administrators felt not enough players had received adequate practice time. “We had to forfeit our first game due to lack […]
Staff It is only the pre-season but wins still feel good. The Fort Frances Lakers got off to a winning start in SIJHL exhibition play by sweeping both games of a home-and-home series against the Minnesota Iron Rangers over the weekend. The Lakers used a well-balanced attack last night, getting […]
Staff For more than a decade, Fort Frances has been without a tennis tournament. That all changed Saturday when 16 players met at the courts to square off. Taking first place in doubles action were John Libler and his partner, Craig Mahoney, of Sioux Lookout, who beat out runners-up Anthony […]
