Joey Payeur Brandon Bodnar leads the SIJHL in two major statistical categories—and he’s a back-up goalie. Such is the terrific netminding depth of the Fort Frances Lakers, who got 21 saves from their rookie goalie in blanking the English River Miners 4-0 on Saturday night at the Ice For Kids […]
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Staff It wasn’t a matter of if but when. The Muskie boys’ hockey team locked up first place—and home-ice advantage throughout the NorWOSSA playoffs—after a pair of dominating weekend wins at the ’52 Canadians Arena. Fort High (12-0) scored the last seven goals Friday night to put away the Red […]
Staff The bullet train is back on track. How I Set Your Mother rebounded from a rare imperfect showing the previous week to post yet another maximum six-point effort last night to solidify its hold atop the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League. The league leaders improved to 94 points on […]
Joey Payeur It was like somebody stuck the game from two nights earlier in a photocopier. The Muskie girls’ hockey team again overcame a quiet start to beat the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) 6-1 last night for the second time in three evenings—this time at the ’52 Canadians Arena. […]
Joey Payeur It started ugly and didn’t finish pretty, but it was two points Darryl Galusha gladly will take. After his team fell behind 7-0, came back to lead midway through, and then had to hang on at the end, the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team pulled out a 42-38 […]
Staff It was a horseshoes and hand grenades kind of night for Team Red, except with all the ringers and none of the explosions. John Sivonen netted 33 points as Team Red (5-6) eked out a 77-76 win over previously-undefeated Team Black in Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League action Monday […]
Staff Joleigh Hayes left her opponents in a daze. Hayes netted both goals for the La Place Rendez-Vous Rage in a 2-0 shutout of the Wright Physiotherapy Rockettes in Borderland Women’s Indoor Soccer action last night at Fort High. With last week’s action cancelled due to exams, the Rage (3-0) […]
Joey Payeur The St. Thomas Aquinas Saints went for the rough-and-tough approach. Bad move against a team equally adept at delivering bruises both along the boards and on the scoresheet. Annalise Hayes tallied twice as the Muskie girls’ hockey team went toe-to-toe with the host Saints and came away with […]
Joey Payeur For pure determination, “The Terminator” has nothing on the Muskie girls’ hockey team. The black-and-gold may have bid their NorWOSSA arch-rivals “hasta la vista” after Annalise Hayes’ second goal of the game with nine seconds to go completed a heart-stopping rally from a 4-2 deficit for a thrilling […]
Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Lakers managed to impress the scouts—and pick up the points they wanted at the same time. A 2-1 record at the annual “SIJHL Showcase” last week in Hoyt Lakes and Virginia, Mn. was the short-term end result of one of the Lakers’ two busiest stretches […]
Joey Payeur Those not willing to remember the mistakes of the past are doomed to repeat them. It’s the clear message being sent by Muskie boys’ hockey head coach Jamie Davis in light of Monday’s announcement that the black-and-gold will face their cross-border counterparts, the International Falls Broncos, for the […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers returned from the annual “SIJHL Showcase” last week to find their fortunes neither improved or depreciated on the national scene. A 2-1 record was enough to keep the two-time defending SIJHL champs at No. 7 in the CJHL’s latest top 20 weekly rankings. The Lakers […]
