Jamie Mountain Wins were hard to come by for the Muskie girls’ hockey team over the weekend in Thunder Bay. The squad was there to play a trio of exhibition games Friday and Saturday–coming away from with a tie and two losses. The Muskies kicked off action Friday night with […]
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Jamie Mountain The Muskie boys’ hockey team used a late push to come back and stun the Kittson Bearcats 6-5 in overtime in an exhibition game last night. With the Bearcats leading 5-3 in the third period, Byron Stewart brought the black-and-gold back within a goal with a blast off […]
Jamie Mountain Well, you can’t say it wasn’t entertaining. Despite a valiant comeback effort, the Fort Frances Lakers dropped their 11th-straight game with a 7-6 shootout loss to the last-place Minnesota Iron Rangers last night at the Ice For Kids Arena. Jaedin Ness scored twice for the Lakers (6-19-1-2) in […]
Staff The 31st-annual La Place Rendez-Vous squash tournament is set to take place this weekend at the Memorial Sports Centre here. Club president Bob Tkachuk said 55 players, including 14 juniors, are scheduled to take part in the tournament, which runs Friday through Sunday. Divisions include men’s ‘A,’ ‘B,’ and […]
Jamie Mountain For any local sports league to run smoothly, a set of rules must be enforced and adhered to by its players. Such is the story for the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League, which runs every Tuesday night in the Fort High gym. League co-ordinator Conrad Dueck has been […]
Jamie Mountain It was a tough day Saturday for a pair of Fort Frances rinks at the U21 provincial playdowns held at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Tory Beaudry’s rink, consisting of Katrina Slomke (third), Ashley Payne (second), and Andrea Schram (lead), finished double round-robin play with a 3-3 record […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers (6-19-1-1) are hoping better days lie ahead. Given the squad ended the first half of the SIJHL regular season mired in a 10-game losing streak, any type of good fortune early on in 2018 would be a welcome gift. Head coach and general manager […]
Jamie Mountain Former Muskie Hailey Beaudry and Tanner Horgan of Sudbury came out on top at the U21 provincial curling playdowns that wrapped up Saturday afternoon at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Hailey Beaudry first had to win a tie-breaker that morning against her younger sister, Tory, after both rinks […]
Jamie Mountain It was an up-and-down day for local curlers yesterday at the U21 provincial playdowns being held at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The day didn’t start out so well for Chris Silver’s rink but the ending was a sight to behold. After having the bye in the first […]
Jamie Mountain A six-point performance by captain Annalise (‘CC’) Hayes sparked the Muskie girls’ hockey team to a 6-3 win over the Minot Majettes (North Dakota) yesterday afternoon in their final game at the Hockeytown Holiday Classic in Warroad, Mn. Hayes scored her first of three goals just 3:57 into […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie boys’ hockey team opened the annual Ralph Engelstad Classic in Thief River Falls, Mn. yesterday with a hard-fought 2-2 tie against the Fargo North Spartans. Fargo North opened the scoring with 6:43 to go in the first period. Cole Allan gave the Muskies some life when […]
Staff Both Beaudry rinks got off to good starts last night at the U21 provincial curling playdowns at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Tori Beaudry, representing Fort Frances, opened play by rallying for a 6-5, extra-end victory over the Kira Brunton rink (Sudbury). Beaudry’s team includes Katrina Slomke (third), Ashley […]
