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 […]
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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 […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Youth Fishing Team would like to be a successful program within the next few months. But they’ll need some help from the community if they are to accomplish that goal. Organizer Jason Cain held an information session Monday night in the Fort High cafeteria for […]
An article in yesterday’s Daily Bulletin stated Game 1 of the best-of-three NorWOSSA girls’ hockey final between the Muskies and Dryden Eagles would take place tonight at 7:15 p.m. at the Ice For Kids Arena. In fact, the game now will take place tomorrow (Feb. 28) at the same time […]
Jamie Mountain The English River Miners are a hard-working, in-your-face style of team. But the Fort Frances Lakers were up to the challenge as evidenced by their hard-fought 5-1 victory Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. Captain Julian Uhryniuk and affiliate player James Gushulak both notched a goal […]
Staff It was a job well done for both the Muskie girls’ and boys’ hockey teams Friday afternoon in Kenora. Both squads came away victorious to sweep their respective best-of-three NorWOSSA semi-final series to advance to the championship round. Captain Annalise (CC) Hayes netted a hat trick while Kelsey Langtry […]
Staff The Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League hosted its first-ever quarter-final games on Tuesday night at the Fort High gym. They were needed as the league grew from a five to a six-team league this season. When the dust settled, the top seeds for the night ended up victorious, though […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances youth fishing team will be holding an informational session on Monday (Feb. 26) at 7 p.m. in the Fort High cafeteria. This session will be for potential student anglers from the area in grades 7-12 and their parents, as well as interested volunteers. “We are […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie girls’ hockey team cruised to a 14-0 romp over the Kenora Broncos in Game 1 of their best-of-three NorWOSSA semi-final on Tuesday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. Siobhan Mackintosh lit the lamp four times and added two assists while captain Annalise (C.C.) Hayes netted […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Armstrong Crushers unfortunately felt the heat Sunday. An early goal was all the North End Flames (Thunder Bay) needed to eke out a 1-0 shutout win in the ‘B’ final of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s annual Novice tournament at the Ice For Kids […]
Jamie Mountain A season’s worth of hard work, and good execution when it mattered, culminated into NorWOSSA gold for the Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team Friday afternoon in Dryden. The black-and-gold swept the host Eagles in straight sets (25-19, 25-15, and 21-19) in the best-of-five final to cap their impressive […]
