Staff Third-period magic only will get a team so far if it doesn’t play up to par during the first two periods. Five unanswered goals in the final frame powered the Fort Frances Lakers to a 6-1 win over the Thief River Falls Norskies here Friday night in the opener […]
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Staff The last step turned out to be the toughest. Eric Pitkanen had the lone goal for the Muskie boys’ hockey team yesterday in a 2-1 loss in the final of the championship bracket at the Crocus Plains Victoria Inn tournament in Brandon, Man. It was the black-and-gold’s only loss […]
Joey Payeur It was a toss-up whether the “Teddy Bear Toss” ever was going to take place last night. The bears—and the Muskie girls’ hockey team’s offence—finally came out of hibernation, but it turned out to be too late in terms of a win for the black-and-gold. A late surge […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team is starting things off right. Six different players lit the lamp as Fort High beat the Neepawa Tigers 6-1 last night in its opening game in Pool #2 at the Crocus Plains Victoria Inn tournament in Brandon, Man. Forwards Kaden Nelson, Chase McGuire, and […]
Staff Katie Sinclair is getting back to her old scoring ways. The Fort Frances native had a season-high four points to lead the Lakehead Thunderwolves to a 10-3 shellacking of the Wisconsin-Stout Blue Devils on Sunday in ACHA Division 2 women’s action. Sinclair’s second-period goal put the Wolves up 3-1. […]
Staff Kiss My Pass served notice last night to the defending league champs and current leaders they’re not going away anytime soon. How I Set Your Mother and Kiss My Pass both earned the maximum six points to widen their lead on a lighter-than-usual night of action in the Fort […]
Staff The Fort Frances Midget Screaming Eagles got a hat trick from Bryanna Dustin and two goals by Maddy Morrison to forge a 6-6 tie with a Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association Bantam boys’ team Nov. 28. Hailey Tucker netted the Eagles’ other goal. Last Thursday, Raelle Redford and Piper […]
Staff The Muskies wanted to go to court but Mother Nature tossed out their plans. Today’s scheduled NorWOSSA girls’ volleyball and boys’ basketball action between the Muskies and host Kenora Broncos were postponed yesterday. Severe weather conditions in and around Kenora prompted school officials and NorWOSSA administrators to postpone the […]
Staff Wayne Strachan officially has had it up to here with his hockey team. The Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach and general manager had steam coming out of his ears after last night’s 7-2 loss to the host Dryden GM Ice Dogs. “We had far too many players not show […]
Joey Payeur Molly Carlson still is flying high even after finally getting her feet back on solid ground. The Fort Frances native made her second appearance at the FINA world junior diving championships—and the last competition of her junior career—a memorable one as the 17-year-old finished in eighth place with […]
Joey Payeur A miss here and a few inches there were all it took to delay the Olympic ambitions of Jenna Walsh and her curling mates until another day. The Devlin native, who plays second for Sudbury skip Tracy Fleury, was displeased with how things unfolded as her team went […]
Joey Payeur With the Christmas season having arrived and the guys up front experiencing a power outage, the Fort Frances Lakers’ collection of blueliners picked a perfect time to finally light it up. After only a combined seven goals from its defencemen in the first 20 games of the season, […]
