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 […]
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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 […]
Bob TkachukSubmitted by The past two years, the Sunset Country Squash Club’s Boxing Day ‘A’ champion has been Steve Boileau, with wins over Anniss Seid in 2015 and then Jason Kabel last year. But the tables were turned this time around with Seid ousting Boileau 3-1 in the best-of-five final […]
Staff Local curling fans are in for a treat over the next few days. The Fort Frances Curling Club is hosting the U21 men’s and women’s provincial playdowns tonight through Saturday–and club president Ron Silver is expecting some top-notch play. The Tanner Horgan rink (Sudbury), which won silver at the […]
Press Release Ontario is protecting consumers from losing reward points based only on the amount of time passed since they were earned. Beginning Jan. 1, consumers will be protected against losing reward points they have been saving up for larger purchases, and the change will be retroactive to Oct. 1, […]
Press Release The FFGWHA Novice Ice Devils and Novice Heat, along with the host Emo Express, all went 2-1 in the round-robin portion of a recent tournament there. A tie-breaker put the Ice Devils in the gold-medal final against Emo while the Heat dropped down to the bronze-final versus Kenora. […]
Staff The Muskies overcame a slow start to grab a commanding lead in their NorWOSSA showdown last Thursday afternoon against the host Dryden Eagles. Then everything fell apart. Trailing 19-9 in the first set, the Muskies stormed back to win it 26-24. The black-and-gold then carried that momentum into the […]
Staff A three-goal outburst early in the second period sparked the Warroad Warriors to a 7-1 exhibition win over the Muskie girls’ hockey team here last night. Warroad netted the lone goal of the first, then jumped ahead 4-0 early in the second. The score was 5-0 in the third […]
Staff It was a tough day for the four Muskie court teams yesterday in Dryden. Only the junior boys’ basketball team came home victorious–earning a 61-42 win over the Eagles to improve to 3-1 in NorWOSSA play. The Muskie senior boys fell 82-64 to drop to 2-2 on the season. […]
Jamie Mountain The Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club held its annual general meeting Nov. 27, which saw some significant changes among its board. Jim and Kris Krag stated that after 10 years as president and secretary/treasurer, they did not wish to seek re-election. The club then asked for nominations, with […]
From the MNRF A Thunder Bay man has been fined $5,000 and suspended for illegal moose-hunting offences. Clarence Roberts was convicted and fined $5,000 for careless hunting, received a five-year hunting suspension, and must take the Ontario Hunter Education Course before he can purchase another Ontario hunting licence. He also […]
