Giselle CalderSubmitted by The Fort Frances Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary to Br. #29 met last Wednesday (Jan. 10), with 26 members in attendance. President Alfreda Easton called the meeting to order. The charter was draped in memory of Winnie Rousseau, who had 29 years of service, and Mildred Lockman, who transferred […]
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Jamie Mountain The Muskie Nordic ski team competed in its second meet of the NorWOSSA season last Tuesday in Atikokan that was highlighted by three podium finishes. Tori Toriseva claimed top spot in junior girls’ 3.7-km division, clocking a time of 14:29. Angie Redford placed third (16:02) while the other […]
Jamie Mountain It was nearly a clean sweep for the four Muskie court teams yesterday against the visiting Dryden Eagles. The senior girls’ volleyball team took care of business, winning 3-1 to improve their NorWOSSA record to 3-2. After the black-and-gold took the first set 25-17, Dryden bounced back to […]
Jamie Mountain Don’t look now but the Fort Frances Lakers have themselves a bit of a winning streak. The Lakers swept a home-and-home series with the last-place Minnesota Iron Rangers over the weekend and now have won three-straight games. Adam Withers had a goal and two assists to help the […]
Jamie Mountain It was a dominant weekend for the Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team as they won the Kenora Invitational “Winter Blast” tournament without dropping a single set. The squad went 10-0 in round-robin play, defeating the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora), Kenora Broncos, Westgate Tigers (Thunder Bay), St. Ignatius […]
Staff How I Set Your Mother garnered the maximum six points in Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League action last night. The Volley Llamas, Take A Hit, No Diggity, and Kiss My Pass all took five points. Gillons’ nabbed four points while Scared Hitless took three. Bump It Up managed to […]
Jamie Mountain A monster performance by senior Muskie Kobi Ward highlighted Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League action Tuesday night at the Fort High gym. In an intense–and at times testy–game, Ward scored 31 points to lead the Muskies to a 74-56 victory over the BDO Ballerz. The black-and-gold jumped out […]
Staff All four Muskie court sports teams will be in action this weekend. The junior and senior girls’ volleyball teams headed to Kenora for an exhibition tournament that begins today and wraps up tomorrow. The junior and senior boys’ basketball teams, meanwhile, will participate in the annual Falcon Invitational tournament […]
Jamie Mountain New year, same Muskie dominance. Both the girls’ and boys’ hockey teams took care of business yesterday–earning shutout victories over the Dryden Eagles in NorWOSSA action at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). Annalise (CC) Hayes scored the game-winning goal with just over 10 minutes to go to lead the […]
Jamie Mountain It was a long time coming for the Fort Frances Lakers. Exactly two months to the day of their last triumph, a 5-3 decision over the Minnesota Iron Rangers back on Nov. 10, the Lakers finally tasted victory again last night with a 5-3 win over the host […]
Robin McCormickDevlin correspondent Congratulations to the Dylan Johnston rink that has qualified for the Northern Ontario provincial playdowns which start Feb. 7 in Little Current. The rink features former district curlers Mike Badiuk at third and Travis Showalter at lead, along with Cody Johnston (second) and Chris Baird (fifth). The […]
Jamie Mountain Losing is hard. That’s especially true when you’re a hockey team that hasn’t won in a game in nearly two months, as is currently the case with the Fort Frances Lakers, who head into tonight’s game against the host Thunder Bay North Stars mired in a 13-game losing […]
