Jamie Mountain It all started out so well for the Fort Frances Canadians. Noah McPherson scored on a clear-cut breakaway just 3:47 into the opening period to put the Canadians up 1-0 on the Neebing Hawks in Sunday’s final of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s annual PeeWee ‘AA’ tournament. […]
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From the MNRF A Thunder Bay area man has been fined $1,000 for offences under the Forest Fires Prevention Act and ordered to pay the $5,940 cost to extinguish several fires. Stephan Schmidt pleaded guilty and was fined $500 for starting a fire and failing to leave a person in […]
Jamie Mountain What a difference a week makes. After not winning a game for two months, the Fort Frances Lakers now have won three-straight within a span of just four days last week. The Lakers finally snapped their lengthy 13-game slide last Wednesday (Jan. 10) when they beat the host […]
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 […]
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 […]
