Joey Payeur It was mistake-filled, it was ugly, and it was frustrating. Thankfully for Wayne Strachan, it also was the pre-season. The head coach and general manager watched his Fort Frances Lakers look far from the three-time defending SIJHL champions they are—falling behind by four goals in the second period […]
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Staff No Diggity and Rockstars got the early jump on the rest of the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League. Both teams earned the maximum six points available as regular-season action opened last night at Fort High and St. Michael’s School. Let’s Talk About Sets settled for five points to slide […]
Joey Payeur Just because Jordan Kilganon can catch some big air doesn’t mean he wants young people to see him as larger than life. Kilganon put stars in some eyes—and left some jaws on the ground—as he staged a no-holds-barred exhibition of slam dunking Saturday to cap a day to […]
Joey Payeur A most memorable series concluded with one winner but no real losers. John Desaulniers struck out the side in the seventh to close out a 4-3 victory as the Sight & Sound Wolves dethroned the defending champion Barwick Blue Knights in the third-and-deciding game of the Rainy River […]
Joey Payeur To say it’s been a tumultuous last few days for the Muskie football team would be a gross understatement. The black-and-gold, with just 20 bodies to start their WHSFL regular-season opener here last Thursday afternoon and 18 to finish it, yielded 34 unanswered points in the second quarter […]
Staff The best series anyone can recall will go for one more night after it seemed like last night might go on forever. Vaughan Wilson scored on Matt Dunne’s throwing error in the 11th inning to give the defending champion Barwick Blue Knights a dramatic 3-2 win over the Sight […]
Joey Payeur They were the few, the proud, but inevitably the overwhelmed. The Muskie football team put in a gallant effort with a minimal roster but gave up 34 unanswered points in the second quarter to fall 46-12 to the Kildonan East Reivers in their WHSFL regular-season opener here yesterday. […]
Staff The Muskie golf team will attend its season-opening tournament tomorrow hosted by the Dryden Eagles. The squad has a new man at the helm this year, with Jonny Lundon taking over for Brian Johnstone, who relocated to Thunder Bay earlier this year. Farrell White is serving as co-coach. The […]
Staff To beat a team with a perfect record, an opponent has to play an almost perfect game. That, or have the unbeaten squad be suitably imperfect. The defending champion Barwick Blue Knights’ normally impeccable defence piled up four errors to help the visiting Sight & Sound Wolves eke out […]
Joey Payeur Cole Tymkin is living in limbo these days. The 17-year-old Fort Frances resident and Rainy River native survived the initial round of cuts for the Memorial Cup champion London Knights at the end of their first week of training camp. He played in his first pre-season game with […]
Joey Payeur Most football teams have several weeks to get ready for a new season—and a multitude of bodies from which to choose their rosters. This year’s Muskie squad has had neither. But with the WHSFL season set to get underway here tomorrow, there’s no time for lamenting their misfortune. […]
Joey Payeur The fifth-annual International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 17 at the Sorting Gap Marina after getting postponed from its original June 25 date after an overnight storm left the site in ruins. But the push is on to find enough bodies willing and […]
