Joey Payeur It’s difficult to decipher which took a harder hit Friday: Jared Virtanen’s shoulder when he landed on the ice or the Fort Frances Lakers’ chances at a fourth-straight SIJHL crown. The Lakers had their three-game winning streak screech to a halt at the hands of the host Thief […]
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Staff The chance to represent this area at a provincial volleyball competition is on the line here this Saturday. Fort High will host an open tryout for the Northwestern Norskies U16 girls’ team that will compete at the Ontario championships in Waterloo from April 7-9. Sessions will be held from […]
Joey Payeur Joey Angus was misidentified in photos as teammate Liam Metke in Saturday’s Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal and as “Joey Ang” in Sunday’s edition. If only that was the worst fate to have befallen him and the rest of the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team. The undefeated St. Ignatius Falcons […]
Staff It was a storm of high-quality proportions. The Cyclone Swim Club from Fort Frances ravaged the pool in Dryden, with its eight-member team chalking up 42 medals at “Splash 2017” over the weekend. Three of the eight medalled in all nine of their events, with Sarah Rittau playing the […]
Joey Payeur An OFSAA berth may not be in play but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to play for. The Muskies and St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) will square off in the best-of-three NorWOSSA boys’ hockey final, which gets underway Sunday at 1:15 p.m. at the Ice For Kids Arena. […]
Staff Peggy Taylor came for fun and left with a super souvenir. The Kenora skip claimed the ‘A’-event final at the annual Fort Frances ladies’ bonspiel this past weekend by edging the Kathie Jackson rink of Fort Frances 4-3. The ‘B’ final saw Leanne Eluik double Barb Roy 6-3 in […]
Joey Payeur If they stayed in Longlac any longer, they might have been forced to start paying property taxes. The Fort Frances-based rink of skip Tory Beaudry, third Anika Beaudry, second Katrina Slomke, and co-leads Andrea Schram and Ashley Payne had their extended stay there finally end yesterday with them […]
Staff They went up against the best by giving it their best. Tori Toriseva and Angie Redford represented the Muskies in the junior girls’ 4K freestyle division at the OFSAA Nordic skiing championships in Timmins earlier today. Toriseva wound up 121st in the field of 140 starters, posting a time […]
Staff There has never bee a bigger crowd in SIJHL history. But for the Fort Frances Lakers, bigger did not necessarily mean better. The Lakers (22-21-2-4) had their three-game winning streak snapped with a 4-1 loss to the host Thief River Falls Norskies (27-16-2-3) on Friday night. A league-record 3,045 […]
Staff Even if the two local rinks playing away from home right now wanted to get depressed about their lot in life, there’s no time for it with plenty of curling still to do. The NWOSSAA championships are in full gear in Longlac, having kicked off yesterday with the Muskies […]
Staff It was a long journey but a productive one. The three-time defending NorWOSSA champion Muskie girls’ hockey team finished off the host Sioux Lookout Warriors 4-1 last night to sweep their best-of-three semi-final 2-0. Fort High, which won the opener 5-1 here Thursday night, now awaits the outcome of […]
Joey Payeur For the second time in eight days, the volleyball court in the big gym at Fort High was the scene of jubilation. The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team earned their second trip to OFSAA in the past three seasons by sweeping the Thunder Bay champion Westgate Tigers 2-0 […]
