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 […]
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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 […]
Staff The young phenom who learned his craft on the ice at the ’52 Canadians Arena here officially has earned a place among the best to ever don the blades in the NHL. Chicago Blackhawks’ defenceman Duncan Keith was announced as one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players on Friday […]
Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Lakers walked into Dryden on Monday thinking they were facing a pack of pitiful puppies. Instead, they found a kennel of Dryden GM Ice Dogs, who ignored their wounds and tore a strip off the three-time defending SIJHL champs in an opening period that left […]
Staff It wasn’t a wave of relief that washed over the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team–it was a tsunami. Mike Vanderaa had a game-high 18 points as the squad notched its first win this season with a 50-39 triumph over the Sioux Lookout Warriors in the seventh-place final at the […]
Joey Payeur The Muskie girls’ hockey team was working for the weekend–and it worked out well for them. Fort High eked out a gritty 3-2 overtime victory over the host Duluth Marshall Hilltoppers on Friday, then downed the host Eveleth-Gilbert Bears 4-1 on Saturday to sweep the two-game exhibition set. […]
