Joey Payeur With the addition to her family at home taken care of, Rebecca Himanen now is back with her outdoor family. After taking last year off due to her maternity leave, Himanen and co-coach Ilka Milne have resurrected the Muskie Nordic ski team, which had its inaugural season two […]
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Joey Payeur Spencer Murphy didn’t have too much to do for the first two periods Friday night. But when he was needed most, he did his team—and country—proud. The Grade 9 rookie goalie made two mammoth saves early in the third period as the Muskie boys’ hockey team escaped with […]
Joey Payeur Annalise (CC) Hayes had one goal two weeks ago against the Dryden Eagles—and had a narrow miss on a second in the final seconds that could have tied things up. She wasn’t leaving anything to chance on Tuesday. Hayes netted a hat trick and added an assist as […]
Staff It was the only win of the day for the visitors but it was an emphatic one. The Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team swept the host Dryden Eagles 3-0 (25-22, 25-11, and 25-20) in NorWOSSA action yesterday. Fort High (1-1) had dropped its home-opener to Dryden (3-1) eight days […]
Joey Payeur Another season of outdoor recreation is awaiting snow enthusiasts courtesy of the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club, which held its annual general meeting last Wednesday. “We had new people out at the meeting with fresh ideas coming from around the table, and we appreciated that,” noted club president […]
Joey Payeur Making the cover of Sports Illustrated for many years has been mythically related to being jinxed in their next season of competition. Mike Gate hopes that jinx doesn’t extend to one of America’s better-known fishing periodicals. The 45-year-old from Nestor Falls, who owns and operates Sunset Cove Resort […]
Joey Payeur The captain of the Fort Frances Lakers’ ship has seen his team navigate some treacherous waters so far this season. But Dylan Kooner believes he has good reason to envision smoother seas ahead for the three-time defending SIJHL champs. The Lakers went into the two-week SIJHL holiday break […]
Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Lakers made sure Christmas would be a little more merry for them. Third-period goals by Jared Virtanen and Dylan Kooner lifted the squad to a 4-3 win over the English River Miners in SIJHL action Saturday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. The victory […]
Staff These are not your father’s Sioux Lookout Warriors—not even your older brother’s. The Warriors, largely a punching bag in recent seasons for the Muskie boys’ hockey team, showed they’ve come a long way in pushing the defending OFSAA champs to the limit before Fort High prevailed 5-4 in overtime […]
Joey Payeur Head coach Todd Hamilton was pushing his team to raise the tempo of its game right from the get-go last night. His players apparently were open to the suggestion. The Muskies poured it on from the opening face-off en route to a 12-0 romp over the host Kenora […]
Staff It’s not like things haven’t been going rough enough for Utah Grizzlies’ goalie Ryan Faragher lately. The Fort Frances native was injured in last Friday’s 6-5 overtime win against the Rapid City Rush in ECHL action. Faragher was hurt after a collision with an unidentified Rush player on a […]
Staff It was Christmas come early for Gillons’ last night. A season-high six-point haul vaulted the squad into seventh place in the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League in the final set of matches before the holiday break. Gillons’, the only team to garner the maximum points last night, moved up […]
