Staff Once they shook off the rust, it was all systems go. The Muskie girls’ and boys’ soccer teams opened the NorWOSSA regular season here yesterday with a pair of wins apiece achieved in similar fashion. The girls needed a goal in the 70th minute from Maggie Jean to edge […]
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Staff Aaron Bujold will rejoin his Muskie boys’ soccer teammates next week. He has a little “birdie” business to attend to first. Bujold opened play this morning in the senior boys’ singles division at the OFSAA badminton championships in North Bay. After an opening-round bye in the 40-player field, Bujold […]
Staff When the cards were on the table, Brayton Levesque came up aces. The Fort Frances goalie backstopped the Windigo Ice Hawks to a 5-4 victory over the Nipigon Caribou in a shootout to capture first place in the Atom division of the 28th-annual All-Native Goodwill Hockey Tournament in Thunder […]
Staff Third periods in the Dudley Hewitt Cup this week resembled sulfuric acid to the Fort Frances Lakers. They were burned badly in both of the ones they played and now their hopes at making it to the national stage have been dashed—courtesy once again of the Soo Thunderbirds. Zach […]
Joey Payeur It may not be the same as taking over for Scotty Bowman or Al Arbour. For starters, those coaches only won four championships in a row. Chris Sinclair is trying to keep things in perspective as he heads into today’s NorWOSSA soccer regular-season opener here against the Kenora […]
Joey Payeur The old adage that you can’t tell the players without a scorecard may never ring more true than with this year’s Muskie girls’ soccer team. Two dozen players will suit up for Fort High as it looks to win a third-straight NorWOSSA title and once again advance to […]
Cameron Penney With the warmer weather finally here, golf courses around the district have opened for the season. Kitchen Creek Golf Club was the first out of the blocks—welcoming golfers onto the course April 22. Kitchen Creek general manager Glen Kellar said this is about the usual time of year […]
Joey Payeur She may have new responsibilities but Stacy Patey has that same tingle going down her spine that accompanies the blooming of every fastball season. Patey recently was elected president of the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League, which gets down to business on the field with its season-opening […]
Staff The excitement of making it to the next stage of the post-season died off in less than four minutes for Ryan Faragher. It was a nightmarish start to the second round of the ECHL Kelly Cup playoffs for the 23-year-old Fort Frances native and the rest of the Utah […]
Staff It’s hockey night tonight. The Fort Frances Lakers hope the third time’s the charm as they open play at the 2016 Dudley Hewitt Cup against the host Kirkland Lake Gold Miners at 6:30 p.m. (CDT). The Lakers have not played in 10 days after doubling the Dryden Ice Dogs […]
Staff Dylan Robertson may be in line for yet another honour after a standout season. The Fort Frances Lakers’ captain was nominated for the CJHL player-of-the-year award yesterday after the 20-year-old from Atlanta led the local squad to its third-straight SIJHL crown. The honour is given annually to the player […]
Staff Only one of the two Fort Frances natives in the ECHL will be sticking around for another round. The Utah Grizzlies, featuring goalie Ryan Faragher, will continue their push to the Kelly Cup after dumping the host Colorado Eagles 7-2 on Tuesday night to capture their best-of-seven quarter-final series […]
