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 […]
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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 […]
Joey Payeur They might have thought going in that they were in over their heads. But the Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team left Thunder Bay knowing they had proved they belonged on the same court as their more experienced opponents. Coach Bob Kowal indicated as much after his squad reached […]
Joey Payeur Todd Hamilton was seeing red after his Muskie girls’ hockey team’s first outing last week against the Sioux Lookout Warriors. He was seeing progress after the second–and also seeing a future which has the black-and-gold in the post-season catbird seat. The Muskies will have home-ice advantage throughout the […]
Joey Payeur Canada gets bragging rights for another year–at least when it comes to boys’ high school hockey in this neck of the woods. Eric Pitkanen tallied twice while captain Mike Drouin had three points as the Muskie boys’ squad beat the International Falls Broncos 5-3 on Monday night at […]
Staff It was about as crazy a swing in momentum as seen in a short curling series–and it happened twice. A best-of-three final ended up going the way of Tory Beaudry and her Fort Frances rink of third Ashley Payne, second Katrina Slomke, and lead Andrea Schram as they edged […]
