Staff The Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team brought home a medal from the NorWOSSA playoffs in Kenora last Tuesday. It just wasn’t the colour it was hoping for. After beating the Dryden Eagles 3-1 in the semi-final match earlier in the day, the Muskies fell 3-1 to the host Broncos […]
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Jamie Mountain It’s been some tough sledding lately for the Fort Frances Lakers but things got a little brighter on Friday night. Forward Jack Bernie had a big night as the Lakers downed the Minnesota Iron Rangers 5-3 at the Ice For Kids Arena to snap a five-game losing streak. […]
Staff The Ice For Kids Arena may have a sheen of rust on it when the Muskie boys’ hockey team opens its NorWOSSA regular season this Tuesday night (Nov. 14) against the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints. That’s because the team hasn’t played a game since winning the ‘B’-side title at […]
Staff Take a Hit was the lone team to garner the maximum six points in Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League action last night. How I Set Your Mother, No Diggity, and Scared Hitless all earned five points from their two matches. Kiss My Pass, Safe Sets, and Bumping Uglies each […]
Staff Both Muskie junior teams brought home NorWOSSA gold from Kenora on Tuesday. The girls’ basketball squad capped an undefeated season with a 51-26 win over the host Broncos in the final. In boys’ volleyball, meanwhile, the black-and-gold downed Kenora 3-1 in their final. The Muskies took the first two […]
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 […]
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 […]
