Staff If any warnings were issued about hunting “eagles” out of season, the Muskie court teams weren’t paying attention. The black-and-gold took three of four matches from the visiting Dryden Eagles in NorWOSSA action here yesterday. It was a toss-up between which Muskie team was more impressive. The Muskie senior […]
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Joey Payeur Maybe the passing of the CJHL trade deadline has everyone in the Fort Frances Lakers’ dressing room in a more peaceful frame of mind. Whatever it is, the Lakers haven’t lost since the nation-wide junior hockey roster freeze—claiming both of their SIJHL home games over the weekend to […]
Staff A combination of falling temperatures, tricky highways, and late-arriving cancellations led to a messy night for the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League. A league rule stating all intended postponements must be made by teams before 4 p.m. to avoid being forfeited affected four squads that chose not to challenge […]
Staff It was two sets of chipping off rust and three sets of kicking up dust. The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team rallied from a two-set deficit to earn 3-2 win (19-25, 18-25, 25-8, 25-20, and 15-10) over the host Kenora Broncos yesterday in the squad’s first NorWOSSA action following […]
Staff Anyone who thinks they know how stubborn athletes can be may have seen nothing yet. Falls High School will host what should be a unique and entertaining fundraising event this Wednesday (Jan. 18) at 7 p.m. when “Dairyland Donkey Basketball” takes over the gym for a pair games. Fort […]
Staff Todd Hamilton left town for one game and his team got itself in the middle of a Wild West shootout. The Muskie girls’ hockey team luckily had one more bullet in the chamber—the one Annalise (CC) Hayes fired home for the game-winner with 1:12 to go to lift Fort […]
Staff No matter in what place or at what time they crossed the finish line, the most important first of the day already belonged to the host contingent. The Muskie Nordic ski team welcomed four other schools to the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club trails on Rocky Inlet yesterday for […]
Staff A new scoring threat in the Borderland Women’s Indoor Soccer League announced her presence not with a booming voice but a trio of booming kicks last night. Bryanna Dustin netted a hat trick to guide D-Feeters to a 4-0 shutout of Tough Enough in the second game of the […]
Staff Wayne Strachan picked up two new players, then his team went out and picked up much-needed two points with everyone sharing the load. Eight different players tallied as the Fort Frances Lakers tied their season-high in goals with an 8-2 shellacking of the Minnesota Iron Rangers last night down […]
Joey Payeur In Jenna Walsh’s own words, it was a collection of both moments of brilliance and frustration. So went the tale of the week for the Devlin native, who plays second for the Sudbury-based team skipped by Tracy Fleury, which recovered from an 0-2 start to reach the quarter-finals […]
Joey Payeur It was back-to-back litmus tests for the Fort Frances Lakers over the weekend. The first one netted them an ‘F’ and a fast-paced post-game jaunt around the ’52 Canadians Arena. The second yielded better effort but no better final result. There remains a notable gap between the fifth-place […]
Staff Chris Silver and his rink has reached so many provincials, it must feel like old hat by now. Now they want a new feeling: that of standing on top of the mountain. The Fort Frances skip and his team of third Daniel Vandenbrand, second Jason Bazylewski, lead Davis Jackson, […]
