Staff A three-goal outburst in the first period ultimately was the Fort Frances Lakers’ undoing in a 5-2 loss to the English River Miners on Saturday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. It was all Miners in the opening 20 minutes as the visitors got tallies from Ethan Wong, […]
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Jamie Mountain A three-goal outburst in the opening five minutes was all the Muskie girls’ hockey team needed to skate to a 4-1 win over the Dryden Eagles in the opener of their best-of-three NorWOSSA final last night at the Ice For Kids Arena. Jillian Calder notched a pair of […]
Staff The Thunder Bay North Stars broke open a scoreless game with three third-period goals en route to a 3-0 win over the Fort Frances Lakers on Tuesday night at the Fort William Gardens. Thunder Bay outshot Fort Frances 33-14 after 40 minutes but they couldn’t beat Lakers’ goalie Ismael […]
Staff A Fort Frances curling team is looking for the community’s help in its quest to bring home a provincial championship title. Skipped by Jordon Bazylewski, the rink also includes Ben Olson (third), Brett Schram (second), and Kian McEvoy (lead). At the start of the season, the squad had made […]
Staff Members of the Muskie Nordic ski team have seen steady improvement all season. And that trend continued at the OFSAA championships last Thursday and Friday in Sudbury. Muskie coach Rebecca Himanen said her five-person group all recorded personal best times there. Tori Toriseva claimed 24th spot in the junior […]
Staff The opportunity to represent this area at a provincial volleyball competition is right around the corner. Open tryouts will be held next Tuesday (March 6) at Crossroads School in Devlin in preparation for the Ontario Summer Games competition that is slated to be held Aug. 2-5 in London, Ont. […]
Jamie Mountain Head coach Jordan Sinclair wasn’t all that pleased with how the Muskie boys’ hockey team played in its 4-1 victory over the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints in Game 1 of their best-of-three NorWOSSA semi-final last Wednesday night at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). Although the black-and-gold did pick up […]
Staff A trio of local bowlers helped Sunset Country shine at the P.O.A. (pins over average) provincial championships held over the weekend in North Bay. Cody Brown of Fort Frances was a member of Sunset Country #1 that finished in second place overall in the P.O.A. team competition to earn […]
Staff It was a dazzling weekend in the pool for members of the local Cyclone Swim Club. Eight of the squad’s 11 swimmers who attended the Dryden Dolphins “Splash” meet on Saturday and Sunday came away with medals. Logan McFayden was “golden” in each of the nine events he entered […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie girls’ hockey team is locked and loaded in anticipation of its best-of-three NorWOSSA final versus the Dryden Eagles that begins tonight at the Ice For Kids Arena. The first-place Muskies head into the series after showing no mercy to the fourth-place Kenora Broncos in sweeping their […]
Jamie Mountain As former Muskie Hailey Beaudry puts it, “there’s only room to improve.” Her Lakehead University Thunderwolves’ women’s curling rink–consisting of fellow ex-Muskie Erin Tomalty (lead) of Nestor Falls and Thunder Bay-based Kendra Lemieux (third) and Emily Cooney (second)–earned a hard-fought fourth-place finish at the Ontario University Athletics women’s […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers will need to invest in some battle armour if their last game against the English River Miners is any indication of what’s in store for the upcoming first-round SIJHL playoff series between the two squads. The Miners are a hard-working, in-your-face style of team […]
