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 […]
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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, […]
Staff There was no ‘Argue’-ment to be had–Jacob and his schoolmates were the best of the bunch. The Donald Young School All-Stars, led by overall individual champion Jacob Argue, took home the team title at the inaugural Rainy River District Athletic Association’s Grade 7-8 archery tournament Saturday at Sturgeon Creek […]
Staff The Lake of the Woods Thunder had a little bit of lightning in their game. Two goals just 46 seconds apart broke open a scoreless tie in the second period and sent the Thunder on their way to a 5-1 win over the Fort Frances Fusion on Sunday in […]
Joey Payeur When one plays beyond their years, it’s easy for them to ignore their birth certificates. With no player on the roster above Grade 10, the Muskie mixed curling rink nearly carted off NorWOSSA gold medal on Monday at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The fairy-tale ending wasn’t to […]
Staff Looking for an indication the bar has been raised when it comes to expectations for the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team? Three-set sweeps now can be considered sub-par. The Muskies closed out the NorWOSSA regular season Monday with a 3-0 win (27-25, 25-21, and 25-13) over the host Kenora […]
