Staff A morning loss may end up making for a long day for the Muskie boys’ curling rink. The quartet of skip Daniel Vandenbrand, third Jason Bazylewski, second Owen Riches, and lead Davis Jackson lost 9-3 in six ends earlier today to the Hammarskjold Vikings (Thunder Bay) to put both […]
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Press Release The OFSAA hockey planning committee’s “Paint the Town Black & Gold” contest is asking local homes and businesses to decorate with Muskie colours or the colours of their favourite NHL team. This is an opportunity for businesses and homeowners around the district to show support for the Muskies […]
Joey Payeur The Sioux Lookout Warriors wanted the evening–and their season–to last as long as possible. Unfortunately for them, the Muskie girls’ hockey team wasn’t in the mood to be accommodating. Two goals in each of the first two periods, and another solid performance by Grade 9 rookie goalie Kamryn […]
Staff It was a golden moment for Sunset Country #2 on Saturday at the annual P.O.A. (pins over average) provincial roll-offs held in Sudbury this year. Robert Keeper of Balmertown, Rosanna Parsons (Balmertown), Murray McDougald (Kenora), and Jessica Scott (Kenora) teamed up to capture first place with 46 points and […]
Joey Payeur A Fort Frances native with Rainy River connections right now has a wrestling future as bright as anyone in his class in the entire U.S. Hudson Mann’s silver medal at a meet in Superior, Wis. on Saturday, combined with his gold medal at another event in Owattona, Mn., […]
Staff With her charges fast asleep after a hard morning’s work, Ilka Milne was glad to sing their praises. The co-coach of the Muskie Nordic skiing team watched as Tori Toriseva and Angie Redford each earned personal best times at the OFSAA Nordic skiing championships yesterday in Timmins. Toriseva finished […]
Staff With the Academy Awards being held later that night, the Oscar for best performance in a final game went to Julia Guertin. And unlike what “Moonlight” did to “La La Land,” there would be no knocking Guertin off the stage. The forward netted five goals to salvage a difficult […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team expected to make the NorWOSSA final. What they didn’t expect is who will be staring at them from the other end of the ice. Five different marksmen lit the lamp as the Muskies beat the host Sioux Lookout Warriors 5-2 in Game 2 of […]
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 […]
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 […]
