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), […]
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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 […]
Staff The Revco Renegades pulled out an impressive upset during their Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League semi-final against the second-place RBC Lions on Tuesday night at the Fort High gym. This game had the potential to be a tight match-up as Revco had a number of three-point shooters who caught […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie boys’ hockey team has lived to fight another day. Facing a must-win situation, the black-and-gold bounced back with a 6-0 shutout of the host Sioux Lookout Warriors last night to even their best-of-three NorWOSSA final at a game apiece. The third-and-deciding game goes tomorrow (March 6) […]
Staff How I Set Your Mother and Take A Hit both garnered the maximum six points in Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League action Thursday night. The Volley Llamas and Kiss My Pass each snared four points. Gillons’, Scared Hitless, Duck and Dive, Let’s Talk About Sets, and No Diggity all […]
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, […]
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 […]
