Joey Payeur In what was his first game as a high school coach, and the first at that level for many of his players, Zac Tolen was taking a wait-and-see attitude beforehand. “We’re going to find out where we are pretty quick,” Tolen smiled about the prospect of facing the […]
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Joey Payeur Make way for the “Muskie Express.” The black-and-gold rolled through its opponents like a freight train at full steam during a pre-season junior girls’ basketball tournament hosted by the Dryden Eagles over the weekend. It was all Fort High from the get-go at the four-team round-robin event as […]
Joey Payeur The St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) didn’t hit every shot they took. It just seemed like they would. A blistering 12-0 start propelled the Saints to a 41-16 romp over the host Rainy River Owls on Monday in the NorWOSSA ‘A’ regular-season opener for both teams. “Usually, it’s […]
Joey Payeur Its jerseys are blue but the Rainy River Owls’ junior girls’ basketball team is extremely green. Just one of the 13 players on the roster is in Grade 10, meaning it mostly was a cast of first-time high school competitors that took the floor against the seasoned St. […]
Staff Trips to Thunder Bay in recent pre-seasons have not exactly been kind to the Muskie boys’ hockey team. This past weekend was a definite exception. The Muskies went undefeated in three outings against the host Thunder Bay Minor Midget ‘AA’ Kings, collecting two wins and a tie. On Friday, […]
Staff So much for thoughts of a winning streak for the Muskie football team, at least for now. Coming off a season-opening victory Sept. 8 that snapped a nearly two-year losing skid in the WHSFL, Fort High fell 36-0 to the Kenora Broncos in its home-opener Friday afternoon. With an […]
Staff The toughest opponent for the Muskie junior girls’ basketball team this NorWOSSA season has been firmly established. It will be their own overconfidence. Fort High tore through both their NorWOSSA rivals en route to winning the Dryden Eagles’ pre-season tournament with a 3-0 record. The Muskies beat the Kenora […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers finished their SIJHL pre-season schedule winless after suffering a pair of losses to the English River Miners over the weekend. Kyle Rosolowski, Ryan Patterson, and Nolan Dawson notched second-period goals Friday night in the Miners’ 3-1 win at the Ice For Kids Arena. Westin Cardwell […]
Staff A funny thing happened on Cole Tymkin’s way back to London–he got detoured through the Lone Star state. The 18-year-old Fort Frances resident, originally from Rainy River, is in Austin, Tex. today for the opening of training camp with the Dallas Stars after the NHL team yesterday made him […]
Staff Sekina Scheibler ran all the way to one of the first WHSFL awards of the season. The Muskie running back was named the Currie Division’s offensive player-of-the-week Tuesday following his phenomenal performance in Fort High’s 42-18 win Friday over the host Maples Marauders. Scheibler had 19 carries for 309 […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers will be fine with not seeing Clayton Brown for a while. After scoring a pair of goals here Friday, Brown netted the game-winner on the power play last night in Hoyt Lakes to give the Minnesota Iron Rangers a 3-2 victory and a sweep of […]
Staff The weather may be a question mark, but the dedication to stopping cancer for those coming out to the Sorting Gap Marina is unquestionable. Sunday marks this year’s national Terry Fox Run, with the 25th anniversary of the Fort Frances edition set to go with registration at 1 p.m. […]
