Joey Payeur The weather wasn’t ideal but the scenario certainly was for Chris Sinclair. With a number of players absent due to the FFHS Travel Club’s trip to Italy, the head coach of the Muskie boys’ soccer team seized the opportunity to give significant minutes to several of his non-starters […]
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Staff The Muskie girls’ soccer team moved one big step closer to a third-straight NorWOSSA title, then stubbed its toe. Fort High blanked the Kenora Broncos 5-0 and the host Dryden Eagles 4-0 last Wednesday to improve to 4-0 and lock up first place. That means a bye to the […]
Joey Payeur The coach-to-player ratio was a little higher than Mike Cuzzolino would have liked, but he’s counting on it being the first step of a long and hopefully successful journey. Only 15 players made it out Monday for the first evening of what will be a three-week Muskie spring […]
Joey Payeur Members of the local dragon boat club are about to receive some top-calibre instruction. U.S. national team assistant coach Megan Kress will be here to instruct a one-day clinic next Saturday (May 28) from 8 a.m.-2 p.m., with a meet-and-greet set for the evening before. Kress has been […]
Press Release Fort High students will be “Hooping It Up” this Tuesday (May 17) at 11:30 a.m. to help students with special needs while raising money and awareness for their “Best Buddies” club. “Hooping It Up” with Best Buddies Canada is a basketball free-throw competition and awareness event. For a […]
Staff Rainy, chilly weather didn’t come close to cooling off the Muskie boys’ and girls’ soccer teams yesterday in Dryden. Neither did the absence of both of their regular head coaches. Both Muskie crews didn’t give up a goal, while each netting nine of their own, in sweeping their respective […]
Joey Payeur If Cole Kowalski feels the need to furnish his goal crease, he probably can start with a recliner. Kowalski was given little to do thanks to the suffocating defence his team played in front of him as the Muskie boys’ soccer team opened the NorWOSSA regular season here […]
Joey Payeur Sarah Faragher said her team came out winners, no matter what the scoreboard read. The head coach of the Muskie girls’ soccer team was treasuring last weekend’s chance to lock horns with different and mostly tougher opponents at the St. John’s/Ravenscourt Eagles tournament in Winnipeg than they normally […]
Joey Payeur Rebirths, renamings, new arrivals, and a new departure. Change is the catchword when it comes to the Rainy River District Fastball League, which begins its 53rd season next Tuesday (May 17) at various diamonds around the district. “There’s always a ton of anticipation to get back on the […]
Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Lakers gave their time generously to help out in the community this past season. But that generosity proved detrimental when it came to their biggest games of the year. The three-time defending SIJHL champs were hamstrung by turnovers and penalties as they went 0-3 record […]
Staff Ryan Faragher is getting a front-row seat for what’s turning into a pretty good series. The Fort Frances native currently is serving as the back-up goalie for the San Diego Gulls, who trail the Ontario Reign 2-1 in their best-of-seven AHL Calder Cup Pacific Division final. Faragher was called […]
Staff Cole Tymkin looked and played smart to become the SIJHL’s rookie of the year this past season with the Fort Frances Lakers. Now the 17-year-old local resident is being hailed for his book smarts, too. Tymkin was selected as the Lakers’ representative on the 2016 CJHL All-Academic All-Canadian Champions […]
