Staff The Fort Frances Lakers took it on their collective chins twice over the weekend–virtually ensuring the squad will open the SIJHL playoffs on the road as the fifth seed. First, the last-place Minnesota Iron Rangers (7-44-2) snapped a 22-game losing streak by doubling the Lakers 4-2 down in Hoyt […]
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Joey Payeur A funny thing happened on the way to the inevitable NorWOSSA girls’ hockey final. It didn’t turn out to be so inevitable after all. The Muskie girls’ hockey team will go for its fourth-straight league crown beginning tonight at 7:15 at the Ice For Kids Arena. But for […]
Staff They’re not “Ahead by a Century” but they’re the first team to hit the century mark this season. How I Set Your Mother earned the maximum six points last night for the second-straight week in Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League action. That gave the league leaders and defending champs […]
Staff It’s a good thing Katie Beninger continues to score at a torrid pace because her responsibilities on Kicker Instinct just multiplied exponentially. Beninger notched her second-straight hat trick to help carry the first-place squad to a 5-2 win over Goal Diggers in Borderland Women’s Indoor Soccer League action last […]
Conrad DueckSubmitted by The opening game of the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League on Tuesday night featured a hard-fought battle that saw all 10 guys give their best effort playing a full 40 minutes. In the end, John Sivonen’s 22 points led Revco (9-8) to a 54-48 victory over Arctic […]
Joey Payeur Amy Wilson-Hands always has wanted to expedite her team’s development process by playing the best competition available. She and her troops literally are going to get that chance. The reigning NorWOSSA and NWOSSAA champion Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team has been seeded 16th in the 20-team field at […]
Staff Forrest Gump once said sometimes there just aren’t enough rocks. Such was the story for the Muskie boys’ curling rink, which ran out of rocks–and time–against the Hammarskjold Vikings (Thunder Bay) on Tuesday in Longlac in a bid to win its second-straight NWOSSAA crown. Fort High, the defending OFSAA […]
Staff It probably was much closer than it should have been. The Fort Frances Lakers were taken to the limit by the woeful Minnesota Iron Rangers but still managed to leave Hoyt Lakes with a 5-4 victory last night. Minnesota (6-43-2) put up a furious fight but still suffered its […]
Joey Payeur The black-and-gold’s best bet to be behind centre this fall has some well-placed coaches’ hopes riding on him this spring. Quarterback Brady Meeks was among 33 out of 55 tryout candidates to be selected for the Thunder Bay Minor Football Association U16 Knights. The squad will play a […]
Joey Payeur All season long, the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team has refused to do things the easy way, to take shortcuts, or to break under the weight of adversity. Those traits all came into play over the weekend and because they did, the black-and-gold’s season will continue. Fort High […]
Staff Although she finished at the back of the pack in her division, Julianna Indian remains unbowed. The 15-year-old Big Island resident trailed the rest of the 62-person field in the Championship Compound-Young Adult category at “The Vegas Shoot” World Archery Festival 2017 held Feb. 10-12 in Las Vegas. Indian, […]
Staff The Rainy River Owls’ junior boys’ basketball team proved it would be the one to fly highest. Morgan Desserre had 15 points while Nick Vogan added 14 as the Owls beat the Atikokan Voyageurs 56-47 in the NorWOSSA ‘A’ final in Kenora on Feb. 15. Atikokan led early but […]
