Jamie Mountain High school curling is alive and well in the Rainy River District. That’s especially true when it comes to both the Muskie and Owl girls curling teams, who had their talents on full display last week at the OFSAA curling championships that were held at the Fort Frances […]
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Staff It was a perfect weekend for Fort Frances’ Kathie Jackson and her rink at the Travelers Curling Club provincial championships in Sault Ste. Marie. The squad, which includes Michelle McFayden, Jacquee Loerzel, and Leanne Eluik, went a perfect 6-0 en route to nabbing the title with a 9-4 triumph […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie girls’ hockey team was a force to be reckoned with all season and they proved their talent once again last week at the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ championships in Timmins. After finishing atop Pool ‘C’ with a 3-0 record and then blanking Leaside 2-0 in quarter-final action Thursday […]
Jamie Mountain Vai Lockman of Fort Frances had a “golden” performance on the mat over the weekend for the Mighty Mustang youth wrestling program in International Falls. The Grade 3 wrestler claimed top spot in the 55- to 60-pound division at a tournament in Virginia, Mn. on Saturday, which assistant […]
Staff Members of the Muskie badminton teams kicked off their season today with an exhibition tournament in Atikokan. Results of those matches weren’t known as of press time. But coach Brian Church was optimistic when it came to his thoughts on some of his key players going into this season. […]
Jamie Mountain Adam Withers scored 8:02 into overtime to lift the Fort Frances Lakers to 2-1 win over the English River Miners in Game 4 of their best-of-five quarter-final playoff series last night at the Ice for Kids Arena. With the victory, the Lakers won the series 3-1 and now […]
Staff How I Set Your Mother, Take A Hit, and Bump It Up all garnered the maximum six points in Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League action Thursday night. The Volley Llamas, Gillons’, Let’s Talk About Sets, Kiss My Pass, and Safe Sets each nabbed three points. Scared Hitless snared two […]
Staff It was a great showing for the Muskie girls’ hockey team last week at the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ championships in Timmins. Seeded third for the 16-team tournament, the squad fell short of their goal of a provincial title with a 3-0 loss to second-ranked St. Anne’s CSS in Friday morning’s […]
Jamie Mountain Talk about going out with a bang. The Muskie boys’ curling rink, comprised of Grade 12 players Chris Silver, Jason Bazylewski, and Daniel Vandenbrand, along with Owen Riches and Ben Olson, won OFSAA gold with a 6-3 win over Widdifield (North Bay) in Saturday afternoon’s boys’ final at […]
Staff Fort Frances native Ian Tookenay scored just 1:21 into overtime to lift the host Fort Frances Lakers to a 2-1 victory over the English River Miners on Saturday night in Game 3 of their best-of-five quarter-final playoff series. The Lakers now lead the series 2-1 and have English River […]
Staff The playoffs seem to have given the Fort Frances Lakers new life. After ending the regular season on a seven-game losing skid, captain Julian Uhryniuk scored twice as the Lakers doubled the English River Miners 4-2 in the opener of their best-of-five quarter-final series last night at the Cochenour […]
Jamie Mountain Both the Muskie and Owl girls’ rinks have soared out of the gate at the OFSAA boys’ and girls’ curling championships being held this week at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Tory Beaudry’s Muskie rink, which also includes Ashley Payne, Andrea Schram, Katrina Slomke, and Lauren Penney, opened […]
