Staff Both Muskie court sports teams that could extend their seasons did just that on Friday. The senior girls’ volleyball and senior boys’ basketball squads advanced to the NWOSSAA championships this weekend by winning gold in their respective divisions at the NorWOSSA playoffs hosted by Fort High. The Muskies shook […]
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Staff A last-minute change in plans made for a quiet night in the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League. Eight of the 12 teams were left without a place to play when the league got late word that the Fort High gym would not be available last night due to early […]
Joey Payeur With its gas tank on ‘E,’ the Muskie boys’ hockey team finally took an ‘L.’ Playing their fourth game in four nights, the Muskies coughed up a 3-0 lead before falling 4-3 to the visiting Dryden Eagles last night to come up one game short of an unblemished […]
Joey Payeur It was the “Valentine’s Day Massacre” one day late. The Muskie boys’ and girls’ hockey teams both ran roughshod over the visiting Kenora Broncos with a pair of shutout routs in NorWOSSA play last night. At the Ice For Kids Arena, the girls’ squad barely let the Broncos […]
Staff Maybe being in the national spotlight will reverse the fortunes of the Fort Frances Lakers. The three-time defending SIJHL champs are bound for Kenora on Saturday to play the English River Miners in a game that will be part of Sportsnet’s “Hockey Day in Canada” broadcast. The Lakers only […]
Joey Payeur Team numbers may be dwindling and there’s no promise there will be another one next year. But 50 years after the first edition, the Fort Frances Church Bonspiel will hit the ice yet again this Saturday (Feb. 18) from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Fort Frances Curling Club. […]
Joey Payeur Before hanging up the phone, Marc Price felt it important to share something with the world that watched him stumble around adorably–if misguidedly–on the TV show that made him famous three decades ago. “‘Skippy’ got a girlfriend–it finally happened,” said Price, whose main claim to fame was playing […]
Staff Perhaps with three Fort Frances Lakers officiating their game, it might have been a bad omen for the Fort Frances Thunder’s chances to do much offensively. With Dylan Kooner and Maverick Lynes handling the refereeing, and Jared Virtanen overseeing the lines, the Thunder mirrored the goal-scoring woes of the […]
Staff Karson Loughrey stopped all three West End Bruins he faced in the shootout, and make Callum McCormick’s goal stand up as the game-winner, in Emo’s 3-2 victory Sunday in the final of the Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association’s Atom ‘A’ tournament at the Emo-La Vallee Arena. The Bruins trailed 2-0 […]
Staff If Donald Trump ever truly gets around to building his planned wall between the U.S. and Mexico, he might want to contact Brad Jacobs for some design tips. Jacobs has been an insurmountable obstacle since 2010 for any other Northern Ontario men’s curling team desiring to reach the Tim […]
Joey Payeur They’re still in high school but the Muskie girls’ rink has been working on their communication degrees all season. Now they not only talk a good game, they play one, too. Skip Tory Beaudry and her crew of third Anika Beaudry, second Katrina Slomke, and co-leads Ashley Payne […]
Joey Payeur If it was all the same to the Kenora Broncos, they would have preferred the Muskie boys’ hockey team celebrated at somebody else’s expense next time. Four days after locking up first place and home-ice advantage throughout the NorWOSSA playoffs with a 3-1 win over the Dryden Eagles, […]
