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 […]
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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 […]
Joey Payeur It’s a race too close to call so Wayne Strachan is going to make it last a little longer. The head coach and general manager of the Fort Frances Lakers consulted with his staff during the team’s three-day training camp last week at the Ice for Kids Arena […]
Joey Payeur Veteran Fort Frances Lakers’ forward Dylan Kooner (12) turned on the jets to try and get around new defenceman Maverick Lynes during one of the intrasquad scrimmages held as part of the team’s three-day training camp last week. The Lakers made most of their cuts after Saturday’s final […]
The Canadian PressDan Ralph HAMILTON—Once again, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats practised what head coach Kent Austin continually has preached. Zach Collaros threw four TD passes and for a two-point convert as Hamilton overcame a 20-point deficit for a wild 49-36 win over the Toronto Argonauts last night. At one point in […]
Staff Matt Mason is building himself a good reputation right from the start. Mason netted a hat trick to lead Team Black to a 9-3 win over Team White as the Fort Frances Lakers opened training camp last night at the Ice For Kids Arena. The three-time defending SIJHL champs […]
