Joey Payeur 2012 Canadian Olympian Rosie Cossar visited Fort Frances last week to speak at the “Celebration of Inclusive Schools” conference at La Place Rendez-Vous to share the story of her gymnastics career and her struggle, as an individual and an athlete, to come to terms with her same-sex preferences. […]
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Joey Payeur They scored at will during the NorWOSSA regular season and playoffs. But while there was a will, the Muskie boys’ soccer team could not find the breakthrough they were looking for against the best in the province. Fort High, which was seeded fourth in Pool ‘C’ going into […]
Joey Payeur Jess Caul was thrust into the OFSAA cauldron but confidently declared herself unscathed in the end despite her team not reaching its stated goal. The former Muskie female athlete-of-the-year was pressed into service as the lone coach to guide the Muskie girls’ soccer team through the all-Ontario ‘AA’ […]
Joey Payeur The deck may have been stacked against her but Shelby Nosan was all in from the start—and very nearly produced a winning hand. Despite not making the final cut at the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) open tryout in Chicago on May 29, the 23-year-old Baudette, Mn. native, who […]
Staff They went with dreams but had to settle for coming home with only moral victories. The Muskie girls’ and boys’ soccer teams both went 0-4 at the OFSAA ‘AA’ championships in North Bay and Kingsville, respectively. Needing a win to stay alive for a playoff spot after dropping their […]
Staff Let it never be said that Jacob Empey didn’t give it his best. The Muskie athlete notched a new personal best in finishing 20th in the senior boys’ long jump at the OFSAA track and field championships Saturday in Windsor. Empey’s top leap measured at 5.69m—one centimetre better than […]
Staff Double-gold dreams went unfulfilled for Sekina Scheibler. The Muskie track-and-field athlete placed fifth in the junior boys’ discus throw event yesterday at the OFSAA championships in Windsor. Scheibler had a top throw of 46.48m in the fifth of six rounds—almost two metres less than his first-place throw at the […]
Staff After a frustrating first half in their usual purple attire, Al’s Racquet Stringing went retro in the second half—with monumental results. Sara Kellar and Hailey Beaudry each scored twice as Al’s doubled Taggs 6-3 yesterday evening in the Borderland Soccer League women’s division season-opener. It looked like it was […]
Staff The plan was to reach new heights—but it never came together. Both the Muskie girls’ and boys’ soccer teams were eliminated from medal-round contention as each fell to 0-3 with losses this morning. On the girls’ side, the top-ranked Bishop Macdonell Celtics (Guelph) romped to a 7-0 win over […]
Joey Payeur There was no shortage of tears—and they had nothing to do with winning medals or setting records. It was an emotional scene on the pool deck and in the stands at the 2016 SunLife Grand Prix in Thunder Bay last weekend that capped the long-course swimming season in […]
Staff Isabella Avis decided to get her souvenir shopping done before summer vacation began. The Cyclone Swim Club member sped her way to the only two medals captured by her squad at the 2016 SunLife Grand Prix long-course swim meet season finale over the weekend in Thunder Bay. Competing in […]
Staff The Borderland Judo Club headed into its off-season with plenty of positives to build upon. The 10-member contingent racked up nine medals, including three golds, at the Minnesota State Championships in Minneapolis back on May 14. “We took a strong team from the Borderland Judo Club and we competed […]
