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 […]
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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 […]
Joey Payeur Nolan and Davis Ross didn’t like being apart for the first time in their hockey lives. So now that they’re back together, they’re going to keep it that way. The Fort Frances Lakers announced today the 21-year-old local twins have signed commitments to play for the WCHA’s St. […]
Joey Payeur Change the coach, shuffle a few players in and out of the roster—it makes no difference to the Muskie boys’ soccer team. Their NorWOSSA dominance remains inarguable and absolute. Fort High nabbed its sixth-straight NorWOSSA title last Wednesday—routing the host Dryden Eagles 8-0 in the final to cap […]
Joey Payeur Right player, right place, right time. Sydney Radigan came up clutch in the biggest game of the season for the second-straight year—once again scoring the game-winning goal to lead the Muskies to a 1-0 victory over the host Dryden Eagles in the NorWOSSA final last Wednesday. The victory […]
Joey Payeur The Muskies’ latest jaunt to the OFSAA track-and-field championships is all about hang time—whether it be throwing an object through the air or themselves. Jacob Empey and Sekina Scheibler will carry the black-and-gold banner into Windsor for the all-Ontarios that begin tomorrow without their normal coaches, but with […]
Joey Payeur Fort Frances’ speedy sister-brother combination is heading south to heat up the U.S. Midwest concrete once again. Marie-Mai and Yannick Langevin will return to Valley City, N.D. on Saturday to take another run at being the best in their class at the FirstEnergy All-American Soap Box Derby Region […]
Joey Payeur In just over five weeks, Saturday night is going to be alright for fighting. The Couchiching Arena will be the venue for Combat Culture’s “Throwdown at the Duke” Muay Thai amateur kickboxing event on July 9, sanctioned by the World Kickboxing Federation. Combat Culture co-founder Dave Zuniga of […]
Joey Payeur Every competitive and recreational angler searches for that one big fish they always will remember. That’s the fish that ended up in the live well of Ted Heyens and Kelvin Caul—and it won’t be forgotten anytime soon. Heyens latched onto a mammoth 8.79-pounder Saturday morning for the big […]
Staff All the pieces are in place. Now the Muskie girls’ and boys’ soccer teams just have to solve the puzzle. The seedings and pools have been announced for the OFSAA ‘AA’ girls’ championship in North Bay and the ‘AA’ boys’ playoff in Kingsville, which both run June 2-4. Fresh […]
Joey Payeur Every competitive and recreational angler searches for that one big fish they always will remember. That’s the fish that ended up in the live well of Ted Heyens and Kelvin Caul—and it won’t be forgotten anytime soon. Heyens latched onto a mammoth 8.79-pounder Saturday morning for the big […]
