Staff The elite of local fastball was celebrated Saturday night as the men’s and women’s leagues held their combined awards banquet at the Couchiching multi-use facility. Stephanie Racine was the queen of the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League castle this past season, being named most valuable player. The natural […]
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Joey Payeur Nancy Indian remembered fondly how her brother didn’t play favourites when it came to organizing a floor hockey get-together. “He always encouraged the girls to come out because he loved seeing how hard and rough they get–especially myself,” said the Big Grassy native, who is putting together her […]
Staff The learning curve threw the Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team right off the highway. But one of their coaches was considering it part of the road to better days ahead. Fort High posted a 1-8 sets record in the preliminary round, then lost 2-1 (27-29, 25-21, and 15-6) to […]
Joey Payeur The closest Cole Tymkin ever came to seeing Tyler Seguin before last week was on “Hockey Night in Canada.” So it was a surreal experience for the teenaged Tymkin, a Rainy River native, to be skating on the same ice surface at the same time as one of […]
Joey Payeur It’s a long way from hoping not to get blown out to expecting to win. The Muskie football team has travelled that road in a short time, which made Friday’s outcome even tougher to swallow. It took a 110-yard punt return by Tanner Dola late in the fourth […]
Here are the sunrise and sunset times for Sept. 28-Oct. 4: •Sept. 28–7:09 a.m. and 6:58 p.m. •Sept. 29–7:11 a.m. and 6:56 p.m. •Sept. 30–7:12 a.m. and 6:54 p.m. •Oct. 1–7:14 a.m. and 6:52 p.m. •Oct. 2–7:15 a.m. and 6:50 p.m. •Oct. 3–7:17 a.m. and 6:47 p.m. •Oct. 4–7:18 a.m. […]
Staff The Rainy River Community College Voyageurs’ women’s volleyball team is experiencing some lean times of late. With former Muskie Chelsea Kabatay in the lineup, RRCC first fell 3-1 to the host Hibbing Cardinal (25-14, 25-15, 17-25, and 25-23) in MCAC action back on Sept. 13. Kabatay supplied four kills […]
Staff The Muskie golf team took home-course advantage to a whole new level Friday. With the familiar confines of Kitchen Creek Golf Club providing the backdrop, the black-and-gold obliterated the competition to repeat as the NorWOSSA boys’ team champions. Fort High carded a combined score of 334 to defeat the […]
Staff The number on Tanner Dola’s back (9) matched the amount of Muskies who planned to try and stop him. The scenario did not end well for the black-and-gold. Dola returned a punt 110 yards for a touchdown, with the subsequent convert by kicker Dylan Fathers the difference, in a […]
Staff If this is the sign of things to come, it’s going to be a long season for anyone not named the Muskies when it comes to junior girls’ basketball. The Muskies romped through the four-team field over the weekend to capture their home tournament with a 3-0 record. Fort […]
Staff For most of the first two periods Friday, the Fort Frances Lakers’ winless pre-season was a distant memory. But it all came rushing back by the end of the night–and continued on into Saturday. The Lakers blew a 4-1 lead in falling 5-4 in a shootout to the Thief […]
Staff Not yet, Gillons’. That was the clear statement delivered by defending champion How I Set Your Mother, which took three points off Gillons’ last night in a battle of first-place teams in the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League. With another three-point win against Safe Sets, How I Set Your […]
