Joey Payeur It was the perfect time for a time-out. Muskie boys’ curling coach Ron Silver gathered his troops for an urgent pep talk after the team gave up a three-ender and a deuce to trail the Bishop Allen Cardinals (Etobicoke) 5-0 after just two ends. “We just came out […]
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Joey Payeur It was not what they had predicted for themselves. The Muskie girls’ hockey team has no shot to return to the podium for a second-straight season after losing both its games yesterday at the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ provincial championship in Stratford. The fourth-ranked squad, which won the silver medal […]
Joey Payeur The sentiment is unanimous: there is unfinished business to take care of and the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs women’s hockey team fully plans on doing just that. The Voyageurs, with five Fort Frances residents on the roster, begin their bid for the ACHA Division 2 national championship […]
Staff After emptying the gas tank to win their first game, Team Red had no time to refuel before its second one. The result was a convincing 111-73 victory for first-place Team Black in Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League action last night at Fort High. Team Red (6-9) missed its […]
Cameron Penney OTTAWA—The Muskie boys’ hockey team survived a late comeback attempt by the General Amherst Bulldogs (Amherstburg) to earn a 3-2 victory this morning at the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ championships in Ottawa. “We hung on,” Muskie head coach Jamie Davis said with a laugh. “I thought we played really good.” […]
Staff Chris Silver and Erin Tomalty no longer have a zero in their career OFSAA win column. Silver, skipping the first Muskie boys’ rink to reach the all-Ontarios since 2011, edged the Frank J. Hayden Huskies (Burlington) 5-4 in their only game yesterday. Accompanied by The No. 2-seeded rink in […]
Staff The road to the Bill Salonen Cup once again will go through Fort Frances. Nolan Ross scored the decisive goal on a second-period power-play as the No. 5-ranked Fort Frances Lakers hit the 40-win plateau by edging the host Dryden GM Ice Dogs 3-2 on Saturday night. With the […]
Staff The rankings officially can be thrown in the garbage now. A playoff spot just became much tougher for the Muskie boys’ hockey team after losing 5-3 this morning to the Frontenac Falcons (Kingston) in its first game at the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ championship in Ottawa. Fort High (0-1) came in […]
The Canadian PressLori Ewing TORONTO—The Toronto Raptors’ record run at home came to an end last night. And in the minutes after their 113-107 loss to the Houston Rockets, Toronto’s first defeat at the Air Canada Centre in 13 games, the players talked about a lesson learned. “Defence” was the […]
Joey Payeur An undefeated record and a ninth-straight NorWOSSA crown can go a long way towards getting a team recognized. In the case of the Muskie boys’ hockey team, it translated into the No. 5 seed in the 20-team field at the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ championship, which gets underway Monday in […]
Staff Both Muskie curling rinks are getting some serious respect ahead of their biggest challenge of the season. The girls’ foursome of skip Erin Tomalty, third Tory Beaudry, second Anika Beaudry, and lead Andrea Schram landed the top seed in the 20-team field at the OFSAA championships, which get underway […]
Staff What seemed like a foregone conclusion for quite a while is now official. How I Set Your Mother officially clinched first place in the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League last night with a five-point outing to improve to 112 points on the season. With a 13-point lead over second-place […]
