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 […]
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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 […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie boys’ hockey team sure knows how to reward their parents. Hosting their annual “Parents Appreciation Night,” which saw every Muskie player get a photo taken with their parents, along with having a blurb read by the P.A. announcer about what they were most thankful for, Fort […]
Staff It was a successful mission again for the Muskie court teams yesterday against the host Kenora Broncos. All four squads came away victorious to help solidify their standings heading into the NorWOSSA playoffs. The Muskie junior boys’ basketball team came away with a 52-44 triumph to improve their league-leading […]
Jamie Mountain Look out Sudbury, the Muskies are coming! Six members of the Muskie Nordic ski team qualified for OFSAA on Monday at the NWOSSAA finals in Kenora. Of those, four qualified in the junior girls’ division, with Tori Toriseva finishing first with a time of 16 minutes even. Jaida […]
Jamie Mountain You could say the Muskie boys’ basketball teams are shining brightly of late. The senior hoopsters are heading into the final week of the NorWOSSA regular season fresh off a third-place finish at the Kenora Invitational Tournament held Friday and Saturday. The black-and-gold opened play Friday with a […]
Staff For those who braved the cold Sunday, they were rewarded with a great day on the Rocky Inlet trails. Some 20 skiers, ranging in age from four to 50+, participated in the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club’s first-annual “Rainy Lake Loppet.” Erin and Brian Tolley finished first in the […]
Jamie Mountain When it comes to the annual “Border Battle” exhibition series between the Muskie girls’ hockey team and their International Falls Broncos’ counterparts, you’re generally in for good games. That was the case again Saturday as the black-and-gold rallied from a two-goal deficit in the third period to forge […]
Staff Scared Hitless and How I Set Your Mother both garnered the maximum six points in Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League action last Thursday night. Take A hit, Duck and Dive, and Bump It Up all snared four points. The Volley Llamas and Safe Sets both nabbed three. No Diggity […]
Press Release Northwestern Ontario writers who excel at their craft, and continue to contribute to the rich and diverse literary fabric of the region, as well as the organizations and individuals that help grow the writing community, will be honoured this spring with a pair of awards. The Northwestern Ontario […]
Jamie Mountain It was a devilishly good performance to cap the weekend. Harmony Yerxa scored all three goals as the Fort Frances Ice Devils skated to a 3-1 win over the Fort Frances Heat in Sunday’s final of the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association’s Novice division tournament at the Ice […]
