Staff Those who like their SIJHL hockey with a healthy dash of suspense mixed in got their fill when it came to the Fort Frances Lakers over the weekend. First, affiliate player Matthew Glomba scored with 12 seconds left in regulation time to give the Lakers a 3-2 victory over […]
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Staff One false move and it was over. Katherine Johnson netted the decisive goal at 9:43 of double-overtime to lift the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs to a 2-1 win yesterday over the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs in the final of the ACHA Division 2 national women’s hockey championship in […]
Joey Payeur Jackie McCormick will get to play for a national championship again—and this time she gets to take her brother along. The Stratton native played third for skip Trevor Bonot, who now lives in Thunder Bay, as the rink captured the mixed provincial crown yesterday at the Fort Frances […]
Staff Kristofer Cochrane’s timing was impeccable. Cochrane scored what reportedly were his first two goals of the season in his team’s last tournament game to lead the Fort Frances Wu Warriors to a 4-1 victory over the Fort Frances Holmlund Leafs in the fifth-place final of the Fort Frances Minor […]
Staff Dylan Johnston had his own idea for an opening ceremony—beat the defending champs. That’s exactly what the Thunder Bay skip and his team of third Tirzah Keffer (Fort Frances), Mike Badiuk (Devlin) at second, and Sheree Hinz (Thunder Bay) at lead ended up doing last night in the first […]
Staff Noah Armstrong is ready for his next challenge. The Fort Frances resident, who represents Mighty Mustangs Wrestling in International Falls, finished first in the 4th grade, 85- to 90-pound division at the NYWA Districts amateur wrestling meet in Deer River, Mn. over the weekend. With the victory, Armstrong now […]
Staff The playoffs now beckon with the conclusion of the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League’s regular season last night. All the first-round ‘A’-side matchups are set for the double elimination post-season, which gets underway March 24 at Fort High and St. Michael’s School. Eighth-ranked I’d Hit That (47 points) takes […]
Staff A championship push came up one point short but there was no shortage of pride among the Muskie boys’ curling rink. Skip Chris Silver and his team of third Daniel Vandenbrand, second Jason Bazylewski, and lead Davis Jackson matched the best-ever finish by a Fort High curling team at […]
Cameron Penney OTTAWA—The Muskies are provincial champs once again! The boys’ hockey team captured the gold medal after doubling the Silverthorn Collegiate Institute Spartans (Etobicoke) 4-2 in the final of the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ championship in Ottawa. “I can’t even describe what it feels like,” Muskie coach Jamie Davis grinned while […]
Staff Julian Uhryniuk put the brakes on the Fort Frances Lakers’ bus before it went over the cliff. He netted the game-winning goal with 1:48 left in the third period to give the Lakers a 4-3 win over the host Minnesota Iron Rangers on Tuesday night. The Lakers (41-8-0-2) had […]
Joey Payeur Chris Silver and his black-and-gold gang are standing on the edge of history. The Muskie boys’ skip and his team of third Daniel Vandenbrand, second Jason Bazylewski, and lead Davis Jackson dumped the Ecole Secondaire Catholique Theriault Flammes (Timmins) 9-2 margin in six ends this morning in the […]
Staff They tried to make the most of a difficult situation, but it was not to be. The Muskie girls’ hockey team lost both its games today in the consolation bracket to finish 12th at the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ championship in Stratford. The Ecole secondaire catholique Embrun Cyclones beat the Muskies […]
