Staff The English River Miners had fourth place ripped from their grasp Friday morning due to a previous indiscretion by the Dryden GM Ice Dogs. Then the Miners went on a weekend tear and took it right back from the Fort Frances Lakers. A 2-1 win Friday night at the […]
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Staff On Wednesday, the Dryden GM Ice Dogs were thrilled with word they’ll be hosting next year’s Dudley Hewitt Cup. The news was less than enjoyable earlier today. The SIJHL announced the Ice Dogs’ 3-1 win Monday against the visiting Fort Frances Lakers will be forfeited due to Dryden using […]
Staff Angela Petsnick was so overwhelmed with her team’s change of fortune, she virtually was speechless afterwards. “I’m still trying to process this,” Petsnick grinned about the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team finally earning its first NorWOSSA win of the season with a 45-43 thriller over the visiting Kenora Broncos […]
Staff If any other NorWOSSA team plans to dethrone the Muskie girls’ hockey team, they’re going to have to win at least one playoff game on Fort Frances ice. Annalise (CC) Hayes had a hat trick and an assist as the Muskies dumped the Sioux Lookout Warriors 8-2 yesterday afternoon […]
Staff Kiss My Pass and No Diggity matched each other with the maximum six points last night as they remained locked in a battle for second place in the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League. Kiss My Pass now has 72 points to lead No Diggity by just one. Both trail […]
Staff It was a bad night down by the bay. Jordan Elliott recorded 30 saves as the host Thunder Bay North Stars blanked the Fort Frances Lakers 4-0 in SIJHL action last night. With the win, the second-place North Stars (25-13-3) snapped a four-game losing skid while improving to 8-1 […]
Joey Payeur It was a classic one night and a bit of a clunker the next for the Muskie girls’ hockey team. Annalise (CC) Hayes provided scored all five goals, including the winner 1:02 into overtime, as the Muskies were outshot 39-19 but still pulled out a 5-4 victory over […]
Conrad DueckSubmitted by In a game featuring the top two scorers in the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League, Sam Soderman’s game-high 35 points weren’t quite enough to propel RRFN to victory over Sunset Landscaping, led by Josh Mastin’s 21 points. It was a tightly-fought game that was decided by foul […]
Staff Into the teeth of a biting wind, the Muskie Nordic ski team bit back. Eight of the black-and-gold contingent collected top-10 finishes at the NorWOSSA finals yesterday in Kenora, with the whole team set to move on to the NWOSSAA championships Feb. 14 in Atikokan. Tori Toriseva and Angie […]
Staff The Border Skating Club snared 14 top-three finishes at the Sunset Country regional championships in Kenora over the weekend. Here is a list of the club participants (some placements unavailable): •Star 3 Free Skate-Hallee Nugent, Mya Scott-Thompson, and Brooklin Hayes; •Star 4 Free Skate U13- Awnley Jacobsen (3rd) and […]
From the MNRF The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is seeking the public’s help in identifying the individual(s) responsible for abandoning gill nets in Lake Superior. On Jan. 19, conservation officers responded to a report of gill nets set in the vicinity of the Montreal River. The officers located […]
Staff They were few but they were mighty. Just two members of the Canadian-born contingent on the Mighty Mustang Wrestling team from International Falls made the trip Saturday for the Blackduck Elementary Wrestling Tournament. But both came away with impressive performances as the Mustangs qualified six of its 12 competitors […]
