Staff They weren’t about to be welcome mats for their mat opponents. Zayne Basaraba and Landon Dressaire-Hammond of Fort Frances both finished in second place in their respective divisions while representing Mighty Mustangs Wrestling based in International Falls at a meet in Grand Rapids, Mn., this past Saturday. Basaraba, despite […]
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Staff Katie barred the door and took the lead all at the same time. With her hat trick, Katie Beninger spearheaded a 5-0 win for first-place Kicker Instinct over third-place Tough Enough in last night’s only game in the Borderland Women’s Indoor Soccer League at Fort Frances High School. Beninger […]
Staff For people who Lorne Jackson didn’t mind losing to, Tim Warkentin is pretty high on the list. Jackson skipped his Fort Frances rink of third Derek Jackson, second Mark Pederson, and lead Todd Moxham to a second-place finish at the Travelers Curling Club Region 1 playdowns in Keewatin over […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers may have taken their number back after the Thunder Bay North Stars having it for most of the season. Dylan Kooner scored twice and Jared Virtanen had four points as the Lakers took both ends of a home-and-home series with the Stars thanks to a […]
Joey Payeur The legends were everywhere, the atmosphere was electric, and the passion for Canada’s game was omnipresent. Kenora hosted “Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada” last week–culminating in Saturday night’s SIJHL game between the Fort Frances Lakers and English River Miners before a sell-out crowd of more than 2,000 spectators. […]
Submitted byBill Gushulak The 50th anniversary of the original Church Curling Bonspiel is now history, with a total of 10 teams participating Saturday at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Teams representing St. Mary’s Roman Catholic, Zion Lutheran, and Knox United from Fort Frances, along with the Emo Christian Reformed Church, […]
Staff The basketball defensive strategy of taking away the easy shots and making teams beat you from long distance has a proven track record. But there are exceptions to every rule. The Kenora Broncos dialed up six three-pointers, and outscored the Muskies 19-9 in the fourth quarter, to pull out […]
Staff Two W’s led to an exciting ‘W’ for the Fort Frances Fine Foods Fury. Willem Kirk-Bertens and William Yerxa scored in the shootout to give the Fury a 2-1 win Sunday over the Fort Frances Armstrong Crushers in the ‘C’ final of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s Novice […]
Joey Payeur A year ago may have been the low point of Sydney White’s volleyball career. This past Friday unquestionably was the highest. The normally low-key White couldn’t contain her emotions knowing she and the rest of the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team had just slain NorWOSSA’s most fearsome dragon […]
Staff The rest of the tournament field caught a “Chill” it couldn’t shake. Winnipeg’s St. Vital Chill was the class of the five-team field at the Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association’s Novice girls’ tournament over the weekend, securing the tourney title by overpowering the Fort Frances Bruins 8-1 in the gold-medal […]
Joey Payeur All signs had the Muskies junior girls’ volleyball team headed towards the NorWOSSA winner’s circle for the second-straight year. Then the Dryden Eagles showed up to send the black-and-gold on a detour of disappointment. The Muskies claimed the first set before dropping the next three in a 3-1 […]
Joey Payeur Welcome to “As The Rock Turns.” The unfolding of the soap opera that is the upcoming NWOSSAA curling championships apparently has reached a less than fairy-tale conclusion for the Muskie curling teams–one of which seems destined to not even get to play. Muskie boys’ coach and mixed co-coach […]
