Staff Back on Oct. 20, the Fort Frances Lakers were in third place riding a three-game winning streak. How things have changed. The Lakers were dumped 9-3 by the host English River Miners on Tuesday night to extend their losing skid to five-straight games while dropping to fifth place in […]
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Staff It’s only 15 games into the regular season but the Fort Frances Lakers realize the importance of getting back into the ‘W’ column–and fast. Riding a four-game losing skid, the squad was looking to do just that last night against the host English River Miners (the outcome of which […]
Staff Let the real show begin. After concluding its pre-season schedule with a pair of controlled scrimmages against host Bemidji High School on Saturday, the Muskie girls’ hockey team now can set its sights on NorWOSSA regular-season action. That gets underway this coming Tuesday (Nov. 14) when the black-and-gold hosts […]
Press Release Activists recently have claimed Ontario has not acted to save caribou. Articles submitted to the Toronto Star are working against the substantial efforts the province, industry, communities and stakeholders have done to study the habitat of caribou in the boreal forest. These activists conveniently are ignoring more than […]
Staff With their bid to win the WHSL Bowl title dashed for this season, the head coach of the Muskie football team already is looking ahead to next year. Job one is finding players with the same quality that embodied this year’s squad. “Our goals right now are to recruit […]
Here are the sunrise and sunset times for Nov. 9-15: •Nov. 9–7:13 a.m. and 4:41 p.m. •Nov. 10–7:15 a.m. and 4:40 p.m. •Nov. 11–7:16 a.m. and 4:38 p.m. •Nov. 12–7:18 a.m. and 4:37 p.m. •Nov. 13–7:20 a.m. and 4:36 p.m. •Nov. 14–7:21 a.m. and 4:35 p.m. •Nov. 15–7:23 a.m. and […]
Staff The Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team kept alive its chances for NorWOSSA gold. The black-and-gold advanced to the league final after downing the Dryden Eagles 3-1 in their semi-final match yesterday morning in Kenora. After dropping the opening set 25-20, the Muskies stormed back to take the next three […]
Staff “A great day for the Fort High running program.” That’s how Muskie cross-country head coach John Dutton put it after his eight-runner contingent competed at the OFSAA championships on Saturday in Petawawa. The Midget women’s squad–comprised of Greta Fedoruk, Ashlyn Beck, Grace Kowal, and Jaida Norris–had a particularly exceptional […]
Staff The Muskie Midget women’s team finished in ninth place overall out of 34 teams competing at the OFSAA cross-country championships held Saturday in Petawawa. Greta Fedoruk led the way by taking 73rd-place overall individually out of 257 entrants–completing the four-km course in a time of 16:39.1. Ashlyn Beck wound […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers were thumped 9-0 by the Thunder Bay North Stars in SIJHL action Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena here to extend their losing skid to four-straight games. Ryan Mignault and Brendan Gillis both picked up four points each to lead the offensive barrage. […]
Staff The Muskie football team fell short in its bid to capture the WHSFL Bowl this season. The black-and-gold lost 24-15 to the St. Norbert Celtics in a semi-final showdown yesterday in Winnipeg. Scoring details were not available at press time. The West Kildonan Wolverines edged the Churchill Bulldogs 34-30 […]
How I Set Your Mother and Gillons’ each earned the maximum six points in Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League action last night. Take a Hit wound up with five points on the night, with Bump It Up nabbing four. Kiss My Pass, Scared Hitless, and the Volley Llamas all garnered […]
