Staff Next year begins today for the Muskie football team. The St. John’s Tigers ended a difficult football season for the black-and-gold with a 40-6 win yesterday in the first round of the WHSFL Bowl playoffs in Winnipeg. St. John’s now advances on face Kenora in the semi-finals next Thursday […]
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Staff The Muskie junior girls’ basketball team now knows they can put their feet up and let their challenger come to them. Fort High dumped the host Kenora Broncos 36-19 in NorWOSSA action yesterday to clinch first place and an automatic bye to the league final Nov. 8 in Dryden. […]
Joey Payeur From the Eagles’ clutches into the Tigers’ cage. The Muskies could dwell on what likely was the team’s worst-ever “Homecoming” game loss—a 57-0 drubbing at the hands of the Dryden Eagles on Friday. But there’s little time for pity parties. The playoffs get underway tomorrow at Nomads Field […]
Joey Payeur Todd Hamilton isn’t apologizing for his team turning the season’s annual opening tournament into its personal stomping ground. Make it six-straight championship titles for the Muskie girls’ hockey team at the eight-team Husky Classic in Winnipeg after a 4-1 win over the Lord Selkirk Royals in the gold-medal […]
Joey Payeur The shadow of his predecessor’s learning tree clearly can be seen in the approach of Jordan Sinclair—even though the new head coach of the Muskie boys’ hockey team needs to get something out of the way up front. “It’s important to know that I’m not Jamie Davis and […]
Staff It was the pigskin version of a National Geographic special. The undefeated Dryden Eagles swooped into town and sank their talons into the winless Muskies before flying off with a 57-0 victory Friday afternoon in Fort High’s annual “Homecoming” game to close out the WHSFL regular season. Dryden (6-0) […]
Staff It was a “Classic” case of playing one’s best hockey at the right time. The Muskie girls’ hockey team scored three unanswered goals in the third period yesterday to earn a 4-1 win over the Lord Selkirk Royals (Winnipeg) and capture the ‘A’-side title at the 2016 Husky Classic […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers finally had the break-out game they were waiting for. But it was their momentum that was broken the following night. The Lakers won their first home game of the SIJHL regular season Friday night with an 8-1 romp over the Minnesota Iron Rangers 8-1 at […]
Staff The CC, in last night’s case, stood for clutch contributor. Annalise (CC) Hayes netted her second goal of the game during a mad scramble in front with less than a second on the clock to salvage a 3-3 tie for the Muskie girls’ hockey team against the Shaftesbury Titans […]
Staff As has been the case all season, the newest runners made the biggest noise for the Muskies. The Grade 9 duo of Liam George and Tori Toriseva both cracked the top 10 in their respective divisions at the NWOSSAA cross-country running championships yesterday in Thunder Bay. George was fourth […]
Joey Payeur In the last home game of the season, and the final one for its four veteran players, the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs gave their fans a memory to cherish Tuesday night. RRCC shook off a mid-match lull to fight back and eventually overcome the visiting Itasca Vikings […]
