Jamie Mountain The Muskies and Rainy River Owls are gearing up to showcase their skills at the OFSAA boys’ and girls’ curling championships set for March 20-24 at the Fort Frances Curling Club. It’s the first time since 1981 that Fort Frances has been selected to host the all-Ontarios in […]
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Staff Kiss My Pass was the lone team to garner the maximum six points in Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League action Thursday night. Take A Hit, Gillons’, and Let’s Talk About Sets all grabbed five points. How I Set Your Mother and the Volley Llamas both snared four. Safe Sets […]
Jamie Mountain Home ice wasn’t kind to the Fort Frances Lakers over the weekend. The squad dropped both of its games at the Ice For Kids Arena, starting with a 4-2 setback to the Thief River Falls Norskies on Saturday night before falling by that same score to the English […]
Jamie Mountain Maybe it wasn’t the ending they had envisioned but the outcome certainly wasn’t due to a lack of effort. The Muskie boys’ hockey team saw its season come to a screeching halt Tuesday night as the Sioux Lookout Warriors pulled out a thrilling 4-3 double-overtime victory at the […]
Staff The SIJHL yesterday announced the rescheduling of last night’s game between the Fort Frances Lakers and visiting English River Miners. It now will be held this Sunday (March 11) at 2:30 p.m. at the Ice for Kids Arena. The cause of the postponement was issues with the Miners’ bus […]
Staff The Chiefs women’s hockey team exacted some revenge on the Emo Misfits at its fourth-annual home tournament over the weekend. The hosts fought back from a two-goal deficit after 40 minutes to pull out a 3-2 overtime victory Sunday afternoon in the championship game at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). […]
Jamie Mountain The local Borderland Soccer League needs more players and volunteers in order to keep running. That was the message delivered during the league’s annual general meeting held Feb. 25 at La Place Rendez-Vous here. To start 2018, the league had $8,992 in its bank account–a reduction of nearly […]
Staff Members of the Borderland Judo Club had an impressive day on the mat back on Feb. 24. Five competitors earned gold-medal finishes in their respective divisions at the local organization’s third-annual home meet held at the Couchiching multi-use facility. Top honours went to Mia Woolsey (U12/U14 39 kg combined), […]
Jamie Mountain Both the Muskie boys’ and girls’ curling rinks will be heading into OFSAA here on a positive note. Skipped by Chris Silver, the boys went 4-0 en route to capturing gold at the NWOSSAA championships held Sunday and Monday at the Fort Frances Curling Club. They opened with […]
Jamie Mountain It’s becoming a regular theme for the Muskies to be the best there is in NorWOSSA girls’ hockey play. That was evident last week in Fort High’s impressive two-game sweep of the Dryden Eagles in the league final. Captain Annalise (CC) Hayes and Siobhan Mackintosh each notched a […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie boys’ hockey team came out a little flat in their 5-4 overtime loss to the Sioux Lookout Warriors in the opener of their best-of-three NorWOSSA final Thursday night at the Ice For Kids Arena–much to the chagrin of head coach Jordan Sinclair. Cortez Favot scored four […]
Jamie Mountain With their first-round playoff showdown looming, the English River Miners exacted some revenge against the Fort Frances Lakers with a 5-2 victory Saturday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. This came after the Lakers had beaten the Miners by scores of 6-1 and 5-1 in their previous […]
