Staff Their overall score was better but the Muskie golf team couldn’t overcome a heavenly performance by a single Saint. The black-and-gold improved by eight strokes as a group Tuesday in Kenora from their NorWOSSA season-opening victory last week in Sioux Lookout. But an impressive round of 74 by Noden […]
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Joey Payeur With her volleyball career arrow pointing up, Adyson Wilson-Hands has headed out. The Fort Frances native will spend her Grade 11 year in southern Ontario to get the chance to sharpen her spike talents on two fronts. Wilson-Hands will be training daily at Volleyball Canada’s full-time beach volleyball […]
Staff Troy Norman has been all about that bass this year. It’s been a fishing season to remember for the Fort Frances resident, who paired up with Andy Carlson of Emo to capture first place at the 22nd-annual “Bassin’ For Bucks” tournament in Sioux Narrows over the weekend. The duo […]
Joey Payeur How would the Muskie golf team fare without their best player from the last few years around anymore? Pretty well, thanks. The contingent served notice they’ll be a force to be reckoned with this season as they wound up in first in the team division of the NorWOSSA […]
Joey Payeur Missions accomplished. The local International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Club, comprised of Fort Frances and Minnesota paddlers, emerged as champions of the Mixed Competitive Division at the FMG Manitoba Dragon Boat Festival over the weekend in Winnipeg. Their fastest time also was tops overall among the 60-team field. […]
Joey Payeur Sekina Scheibler had just finished running more than a quarter-of-a-mile. But he wasn’t taking one more step in his post-game interview unless his demands were met. “If you’re putting my name in the story, I want the name of every one of my offensive linemen in there, too,” […]
Joey Payeur As the Big Grassy Braves, they took home a league title the season after they tragically lost one of their own. As the Fort Frances Braves, they did it again for another one, who happened to be the son of that first teammate. The emotions were overflowing last […]
Joey Payeur Amy Wilson-Hands is a big believer in being hands-off as much as possible and let her players carry the load. The head coach of the Muskie junior boys’ volleyball team, joined this season by assistants Shana Windigo and Terry “Goose” McMahon, is relying on her seven Grade 10 […]
Staff Everyone new is old again. It’s a bit of a twist on the old line, but appropriate when speaking about a good portion of the Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team in relation to co-coaches John Gibson and Jason Cain. “Jason and I coached much of this group as juniors […]
Joey Payeur You have to start somewhere and Wayne Strachan believed it was a decent start. The head coach and general manager of the Fort Frances Lakers saw his team show some mid-season fight despite a 4-3 shootout loss to the Minnesota Iron Rangers in their SIJHL exhibition opener Friday […]
Staff There’s a reason why they became champions. Emo’s Brody Strachan and Kevin Desserre of Dryden flashed their mastery one more time in a fitting end to their 2017 Borderland Racing Association seasons during “Fan Appreciation Night” at the Emo Speedway on Saturday. Strachan, who claimed the championship in the […]
Nancy Evans, Taylor Jorgenson, and Dwayne Sinclair were the big winners at the Kitchen Creek club championships over the weekend. Evans shot a 92 to beat Judi Dickey by four strokes to claim the women’s crown while Jorgenson carded a 72 to also win by four shots over Muskie golf […]
