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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
