Staff The Fort Frances Lakers went up in the rankings, then went down in flames. Jesse Talakoski had a hat trick, and Riley Corbin turned aside 47 shots, as the host Thunder Bay North Stars beat the Lakers 6-4 last night in the first of a two-game set. It was […]
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Staff The St. Ignatius Falcons used a combination of inside power and outside marksmanship to sweep the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team in the best-of-three NWOSSAA final here over the weekend. St. Ignatius grabbed a 66-35 win in Game 1 on Friday afternoon, then won 64-30 in Game 2 on […]
Joey Payeur Northwestern Ontario high school hockey supremacy will reside in Fort Frances for yet another year. Both the Muskie girls’ and boys’ hockey teams retained NorWOSSA bragging rights after winning their respective league finals over the weekend to give themselves another shot at a provincial title next week. Annalise […]
Staff They get knocked down but they get up again. The Fort Frances rink of skip Chris Silver, third Daniel Vandenbrand, second Jason Bazylewski, and lead Davis Jackson bounced back from their first loss by dumping Aaron Soulliere (Thessalon) 9-1 in six ends earlier today to improve to 2-1 at […]
Joey Payeur The final chapter had a familiar outcome. But the rest of the story was a spellbinding page-turner. The famous cliché about the regular season meaning nothing came to life last night as the heavily-favoured Muskies had to reach deep to pull out a 4-3 victory over the Kenora […]
Joey Payeur When a team’s ‘D’ is operating at an A-plus level, reason dictates it will be hard-pressed to fail. The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team smothered the offensive game of the defending champion Dryden Eagles to cruise to a 64-32 victory in the NorWOSSA final Friday in Kenora. “The […]
Joey Payeur They made it their house. The Muskie boys’ curling team of skip Chris Silver, third Daniel Vandenbrand, second Jason Bazylewski, and lead Davis Jackson topped the Lake Superior High Stingers (Terrace Bay) 6-5 this morning to capture the gold medal at the NWOSSAA playoffs in Thunder Bay with […]
Joey Payeur How close have the Muskie girls’ hockey team and the Dryden Eagles been this season? One thin dime probably couldn’t be fit between them. What seemed to be the inevitable clash of the titans has come to pass as the first-place Muskies and second-place Eagles will square off […]
Joey Payeur February guarantees: the snow will fall, the temperature will drop, and the Muskie boys’ hockey team will make plans to visit the all-Ontarios one more time. The black-and-gold have the chance to make it nine-straight NorWOSSA titles when they host the Kenora Broncos in the best-of-three final. Game […]
Staff Dylan Robertson now has the SIJHL’s attention. The Fort Frances Lakers’ forward yesterday was named the Amyotte’s Awards & Promotions player-of-the-week after chalking up nine points in three games. Robertson has topped the SIJHL in scoring for most of the season and currently leads with 63 points—10 ahead of […]
Joey Payeur They made it their house. The Muskie boys’ curling team of skip Chris Silver, third Daniel Vandenbrand, second Jason Bazylewski, and lead Davis Jackson topped the Lake Superior High Stingers (Terrace Bay) 6-5 this morning to capture the gold medal at the NWOSSAA playoffs in Thunder Bay with […]
Staff With this kind of offensive production, the Fort Frances Lakers might consider holding more games at “The Duke” next season. Nolan Ross had four points as the No. 6-rated Lakers made it 11-straight league wins with an 8-4 victory over the Thunder Bay North Stars on Friday at the […]
