Staff The 51st-annual church bonspiel has been cancelled due to a lack of interest. The event originally was set to run this Saturday at the Fort Frances Curling Club but event co-organizer Bill Gushulak noted only three teams had signed up to participate. “Unfortunately, due to a slow response from […]
Local Sports
Jamie Mountain Members of the Mighty Mustang Wrestling Club in International Falls recently had a solid weekend on the mat. The squad competed in a pair of tournaments earlier this month, including the North Shore Classic in Proctor, Mn. on Feb. 3 and then the Jaycee Open in Fertile, Mn. […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie junior boys’ basketball team has had an admirable season thus far. Wins against the host Kenora Broncos and Dryden Eagles last week earned it a league-best 7-1 record and a bye to Friday’s NorWOSSA final in Dryden. Against the Broncos last Wednesday, Caleb Allan scored a […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie junior and senior girls’ volleyball teams both have had impressive seasons so far. What better way is there to cap an already successful year than by adding a championship title? That’s what is at stake this Friday at the NorWOSSA playoffs in Dryden, as both teams […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie girls’ hockey team will be looking to solidify their game this week as they head towards the NorWOSSA playoffs. Heading into yesterday’s final game of the regular season against the host Sioux Lookout Warriors (the outcome wasn’t known at press time), the black-and-gold (13-1-1) sat just […]
Jamie Mountain It’s been a difficult season for the Fort Frances Lakers, to say the least. Things were muddied even further over the weekend as the squad was on the losing end of all three of its games and now has dropped six-straight overall. The Thunder Bay North Stars, the […]
Staff A trio of Fort Frances Aquanauts had a standout weekend Feb. 3-4 at the Northwestern Ontario LC Championship hosted by the Thunder Bay Thunderbolts. Jacy Gagne claimed gold in the female age 15-and-older 50m breaststroke (40.08) and also nabbed bronze in the 100m breaststroke (1:30.75). Ayiana Gagne earned bronze […]
Jamie Mountain He may be the youngest guy on the team but his puck-stopping abilities make him look more like a seasoned veteran. Darian Klem has been a star between the pipes for the Muskie boys’ hockey team this season, starting in goal in each of the black-and-gold’s 11 games […]
Staff Captain Annalise (C.C.) Hayes notched four goals to lead the Muskie girls’ hockey team to a narrow 5-4 win over the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints last night in Kenora. Hayes opened the scoring at 10:54 of the first period, with Jillian Calder and Taylor Croswell drawing the assists. Chelsea […]
Jamie Mountain Having three games in as many days proved to be too much of an uphill battle for the Fort Frances Lakers over the weekend. The squad wound up losing all three and now is mired in a six-game losing streak. The Thunder Bay North Stars, the hottest team […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie boys’ hockey team served their cake and ate it, too. Just hours after hosting their annual tea and bake sale in the Fort High cafeteria, the black-and-gold (10-1) closed out their regular-season home schedule with a 17-2 rout of the Red Lake Rams on Saturday night […]
Staff Three of the four Muskie court sports teams are heading into this Friday’s NorWOSSA playoffs in Dryden on a high note. The senior and juniors girls’ volleyball teams, along with the junior boys’ basketball team, all came away victorious this past Thursday against the host Eagles. The junior boys […]
