Staff So close, yet so far away. Two Rainy River District curlers nearly found their way onto the national curling stage yesterday. But Devlin’s Mike Badiuk and Travis Showalter of Nestor Falls were denied that opportunity as their rink, skipped by Thunder Bay’s Dylan Johnston, lost 6-3 to defending Olympic […]
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Joey Payeur Jackson Browne could have provided the soundtrack for the Fort Frances Lakers this past Friday because they certainly were running on empty. With just 15 skaters to start the game due to a spate of recent injuries and 13 by the end of the game because of two […]
Staff Somebody is going to blink first today. It will be a battle of unbeatens this afternoon when the Thunder Bay rink skipped by Dylan Johnston, featuring Devlin’s Mike Badiuk and Travis Showalter from Nestor Falls, faces defending Olympic men’s champion Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie) at the Northern Ontario […]
Staff Amy Wilson-Hands’ heavy-handed collective served up a heaping dish of disarray to the Kenora Broncos. With some top-flight work behind the service line, the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team powered past the Broncos 3-1 (27-25, 25-10, 22-25, and 25-11) in NorWOSSA action Tuesday at Fort High. Fort High (5-1) […]
It was a low-scoring night all around as only one of the three games reached a combined score of over 100 in Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League action Tuesday. In a game that saw both teams struggling to get their feet going, and a score that stayed close for much […]
Staff Here’s a rundown of recent games and goal scorers in the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association: Jan. 7 •PeeWee Fusion 4, Atom Competitive Leafs 3–Fusion: Abbie Kenny (2), Ellayna Kabel (2); Leafs: Kassidy Gurniak, Julia Guertin, Piper Miller Novice Bruins 4, Novice Heat 0–Bruins: Addison Chown (3), Marlee Bliss […]
Staff Butch and Sundance. Thelma and Louise. Batman and Robin. And now, Katie and Maggie. Katie Beninger and Maggie Jean continued their early-season dominance–each scoring twice to help Kicker Instinct remain undefeated in Borderland Women’s Indoor Soccer League play with a 6-4 victory over Goal Diggers last night at Fort […]
Joey Payeur Goals for the Fort Frances Lakers recently have been about on par with the number of days without Donald Trump making the headlines. In other words, not that many. The Lakers’ search for their missing offence came up empty again over the weekend, with the three-time defending SIJHL […]
Staff If the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team was going to make a dent in the NorWOSSA win column, it was going to take a group effort. Coach Angela Petsnick saw that group band together and weather a late push by the Kenora Broncos to earn a 45-43 decision here […]
Staff The Fort Frances Bruins simply were too much to “bear” for any of their opponents. Addison Chown and Marlee Bliss combined for all seven goals as the Bruins dumped the Lake of the Woods Storm 7-1 in the final of the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association’s Novice division tournament […]
Joey Payeur The Muskie Nordic ski team is learning quickly how being quick learners pays dividends. At the NorWOSSA championships in Kenora last Wednesday, the black-and-gold contingent smashed their own expectations with eight top-10 finishes and a flurry of personal best times. Fort High then continued that momentum into the […]
Joey Payeur The next Robin Hood, William Tell, or Hawkeye may be lurking somewhere within the intermediate student population of Rainy River District. Sturgeon Creek School’s gym will double as Sherwood Forest this Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. when the Rainy River District Athletic Association unveils its inaugural Grade 7-8 […]
