Staff It nearly was a perfect day for Muskie soccer yesterday in Kenora. The boys’ squad widened its first-place lead atop the NorWOSSA standings with a pair of 2-1 wins over the host Kenora Broncos and Dryden Eagles. Chase McGuire and Aaron Bujold bulged the twine for the Muskies (4-0) […]
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Submitted byBrittany Bowman The Rainy River Recreation Centre started its soccer season with 125 children ranging in age from three-14. The youngsters were divided up by age groups, and assisted by a coach to learn various skills before participating in a fun game against one another. Parents gathered around the […]
Joey Payeur Luke Judson swears he’s telling the truth–the numbers are lying. The Emo native insisted the story of Team Hockey Northwestern Ontario at the OHL Gold Cup in Kitchener this past week, for which he served as an assistant coach, can’t be summed up simply in the team’s 1-3-1 […]
Staff The Rainy River Owls’ soccer squads found the going significantly easier against their fellow visitors than their less-than-hospitable hosts. A trip Sunday and Monday to Kenora for NorWOSSA ‘A’ play saw both the girls’ and boys’ teams blanked twice each by 4-0 scores against the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints. […]
Staff A national team-calibre fastball talent will be here to impart her wealth of mound knowledge to children and adults alike. Sarah Shotton of Winnipeg will lead the two-day CANPitch clinic at the Rainy River First Nations’ diamond at Manitou Rapids this Saturday and Sunday from noon-4 p.m. Shotton was […]
Joey Payeur Instead of shuffling their feet dejectedly after a rough morning, the Muskie girls’ soccer team chose to kick up their heels and collect a hard-fought point in the afternoon. Fort High didn’t get an enjoyable start to the NorWOSSA regular season with a 4-1 loss to the Dryden […]
Joey Payeur The outcomes for local players competing at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Cowichan, B.C. this past week each had an element of oh-so-close. For defenceman Izzy Smith (Couchiching), what nearly was a golden week ended with a silver medal as Team Ontario lost 6-5 in overtime to […]
Joey Payeur Two down and Chris Sinclair isn’t feeling very down at all. The head coach of the Muskie boys’ soccer team was impressed with his charges after opening the NorWOSSA regular season with a 3-1 win over the Dryden Eagles and then a 2-0 shutout of the Kenora Broncos […]
Joey Payeur One had plenty of reason to be ticked for the second-straight year while the other just was tickled to be there. The emotions were diverse for the two local representatives in the men’s singles division at the OFSAA badminton championships in Pain Court last week. For Muskie Aaron […]
Joey Payeur Sydney and Thunder White will be taking their volleyball family act to North Bay this fall. The Fort Frances siblings and members of Whitefish Bay First Nation will join the Canadore College Panthers in the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association to continue their competitive spike careers for the women’s […]
Joey Payeur They have won NorWOSSA and NWOSSAA gold together, and battled side-by-side against the best ‘AA’ high school teams in the province. Through it all, they’ve remained loyal friends and now will stay teammates for the next two years. Graduating Muskie senior girls’ volleyball players Chelsea Kabatay and Tanisha […]
Joey Payeur Forgive Brett Hahkala if he has become a Raider hater. The 17-year-old Fort Frances native and the rest of the NOJHL champion Powassan Voodoos have seen enough of the Georgetown Raiders after losing games on back-to-back days to the OJHL kingpins at the Dudley Hewitt Cup Central Canadian […]
