Staff Coming off one of her roughest performances of the season, Kamryn Sandelovich put forth one of her best. The Grade 9 rookie goalie made 38 saves and was the big reason the Muskie girls’ hockey team was able to salvage a 1-1 tie with the host Bemidji Lumberjacks in […]
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Staff When a team gets more first-place finishes than it has team members, it’s safe to say it had a successful outing. So it went for the nine-person contingent from the Border Skating Club, which glided to 16 gold medals and 26 top-three finishes at the “Icebox Days” figure skating […]
Staff They’re halfway home and halfway to St. Catharines all at once. The Sudbury-based rink skipped by Tracy Fleury, which includes second Jenna Walsh (née Enge) from Devlin, is riding high with a 3-0 record so far at the 2017 Scotties Northern Ontario provincial women’s curling championship in Nipigon. On […]
Staff It wasn’t often last season that Maggie Jean was held off the scoresheet. After being blanked last week, she wasn’t about to make it a habit. The reigning Golden Boot Award winner netted her first two goals of the new season to help Kicker Instinct take over first place […]
Staff The new kids on the block were hanging tough until the more experienced band showed they still have the right stuff. Tracy Fleury led her Sudbury-based rink, which includes Devlin native Jenna Walsh (nee Enge) at second, to a runaway 14-5 victory over a Thunder Bay squad skipped by […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers left Thunder Bay last night seeing “Stars” yet again. Nicholas Nigro and Jake Robinson each tallied twice as the host North Stars remained perfect this season against the Lakers with a 6-1 pounding in the opener of their home-and-home series. The rematch is set for […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers left Thunder Bay last night seeing “Stars” yet again. Nicholas Nigro and Jake Robinson each tallied twice as the host North Stars remained perfect this season against the Lakers with a 6-1 pounding in the opener of their home-and-home series. The rematch is set for […]
Joey Payeur How did the Muskie boys’ hockey team look after not playing for 19 days? Pretty much like a team that hadn’t played in 19 days, at least early on. The black-and-gold eventually shook off the rust and skated to a 4-2 win over the Dryden Eagles in NorWOSSA […]
Joey Payeur When something is the first of its kind, it retains a special kind of significance that lasts through the ages. So will be the case for the Muskie Nordic skiing team, which hosted its inaugural home meet last Wednesday at the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club trails on […]
Joey Payeur A normal catalyst for a player trade is the gradual build-up of dissension between the player and his head coach. That’s not the story in the cases of both Jessie Heisz and Brett Pickler. The two joined the Fort Frances Lakers at the CJHL trade deadline Jan. 10 […]
Joey Payeur Winning a national championship is the goal of every serious competitive curler. But as for winning two of them in the same season . . . well, Trevor Bonot is not going to get ahead of himself just yet. The Stratton native who now lives in Thunder Bay […]
Staff Annalise Hayes scored the equalizer with 23.1 seconds left in regulation time, then Abby Plourde and Janelle Kaemingh cashed in during the shootout, to give the Muskie girls’ hockey team a 2-1 win over the host Dryden Eagles last night. The victory clinched the season series 3-1 in favour […]
