Staff A ten-goal swing in the wrong direction does not make for a happy coach. Wayne Strachan saw the best and the worst of his first-place Fort Frances Lakers’ (17-3-0-1) in a two-night span at the Ice For Kids Arena here over weekend. It was all systems go Friday night […]
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Staff It wasn’t their usual home rink but the outcome looked more than vaguely familiar. The Muskie girls’ hockey team thrilled an appreciative crowd at the Emo-La Vallee Arena yesterday afternoon with a 13-0 drubbing of the Sioux Lookout Warriors in the first of a two-game series. The finale was […]
Staff Kathie Jackson had a much better showing in her second trip to the national Travelers Curling Club Championships. Jackson and her Fort Frances-based rink of third Teresa McFayden, second Leanne Eluik, and lead Jackie McCormick fell 9-8 in an extra end to Alberta in the bronze-medal game of the […]
Staff They’ve still got it. Despite their long-time skip being off at Lakehead University as a full-time nursing student, the Hailey Beaudry rink from Fort Frances rekindled their magic of the past several years by capturing the Region 1 junior women’s title here over the weekend. Beaudry and her crew […]
Staff They made it to the big dance—now it’s time to break out their fancy footwork. The Fort Frances-based rink of skip Kathie Jackson, third Teresa McFayden, second Leanne Eluik, and lead Jackie McCormick won both their games yesterday to qualify for the quarter-finals in the women’s division at the […]
Staff It was a small step—but one step closer to where they wanted to be. Two teams in position to catch up to first place made slight inroads into their respective deficits last night in Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League action. Second-place That’s What She Set (55 points) and third-place […]
Joey Payeur Todd Hamilton not only gave his regular starting goalie the night off, he gave himself one, too. Hamilton turned the reins over to assistant coach and teacher rep Tressa Galusha, who earned her first win behind the bench in leading the Muskie girls’ hockey team to a 15-0 […]
Staff Kathie Jackson and her crew hope it was just a bump in the road. The Fort Frances skip and her team of third Teresa McFayden, second Leanne Eluik, and lead Jackie McCormick suffered their first loss at the 2015 Travelers Curling Club Championships in Ottawa yesterday. Alberta downed Northern […]
Staff Eight different scorers made for a well-balanced attack as the Muskie boys’ hockey team blanked the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) 8-0 at the Ice For Kids Arena on Tuesday night. Sully Shortreed netted the lone goal of the first period. The Muskies (4-0) then exploded for six more […]
Joey Payeur Annalise Hayes’ quickest move all night was her attempted escape from a post-game interview. Considering what she accomplished on the ice, that’s saying something. Hayes netted a hat trick that sparked a 5-4 comeback win for the Muskie girls’ hockey team over the Dryden Eagles in the NorWOSSA […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lions Novice girls’ team needed happier feet to beat these Penguins. Logan McPherson scored for the Lions but it wasn’t enough to upend the Thunder Bay Penguins, who prevailed 3-1 in the semi-finals of the “November Chill” tournament in Thunder Bay over the weekend. The Lions […]
Staff An old friend stymied the Fort Frances Lakers’ bid for a double-digit winning streak. Former Laker John Cuni had the lone goal of the shootout to give the host Minnesota Iron Rangers a 4-3 victory Tuesday night in Hoyt Lakes to snap the Fort’s nine-game winning streak. Cuni beat […]
