Staff Changing some of their roster didn’t change the outcome for the Muskie girls’ hockey team Third-period goals by Emma Noga and Taylor Croswell were the difference as the Muskies successfully defended their title at the Sturgeon Heights Huskies tournament with a 4-2 win over the Kelvin Clippers yesterday in […]
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Staff The early-season race for first place in the SIJHL continues to flip-flop. The Fort Frances Lakers regained top spot Saturday night with a 3-0 win over the visiting Thunder Bay North Stars. By improving to 9-2-0-0, the Lakers have 18 points—one better than the second-place Dryden GM Ice Dogs. […]
Joey Payeur The dress rehearsal wasn’t pretty and the real show will get even uglier if the bugs are not ironed out in a week’s time. In what ended up being a playoff preview, the St. Norbert Celtics used first-half offence and second-half defence to dump the visiting Muskies 27-6 […]
Staff Losing their first two matches of the year was like a slap in the face to the Muskie junior boys’ volleyball team. Then they went and saved face—and a whole lot more. Fort High captured its second tournament title of the year with a 2-1 triumph over the Hammarskjold […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers are back atop the SIJHL—at least until tomorrow. The Lakers scored three third-period goals to earn a 3-2 win Tuesday night in Cochenour against the English River Miners. After a scoreless first period, the host Miners jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second […]
Staff Ashley Croswell scored a season-high 14 points to pace the Muskie senior girls’ basketball squad to a 55-21 rout over the Kenora Broncos in NorWOSSA action here Tuesday. Claire Hyatt added 11 points for Fort High (5-0), which tightened its grip on first place and also won its 25th-straight […]
Staff There is a first time for everything—and what a time it will be. The Muskie cross-country running team made school history yesterday by qualifying its all-female squad for the OFSAA championships for the first time after a stellar day at the NWOSSAA meet in Thunder Bay. Fort High finished […]
Joey Payeur All things—or all times—being equal, Muskie cross-country running coach John Dutton was brimming with optimism about the trail ahead. With a collection of noteworthy efforts from his contingent at the annual Hial Pike Invitational at the Falls Golf Course last Tuesday afternoon, Dutton had lofty ambitions heading into […]
Joey Payeur The Muskie football may have looked at recent history and treated the Maples Marauders like an afterthought. If they did, the black-and-gold most certainly are having second thoughts about doing so. A year after routing the Marauders 44-0, it was the Muskies on the wrong end of the […]
Joey Payeur After weeks of drills, conditioning, and more drills, the Muskie girls’ hockey team is well past the point of being anxious to get its new season underway. The two-time defending NorWOSSA champs—and reigning OFSAA silver-medalists—begin their march to a possible third-straight trip to the all-Ontarios by trying to […]
Staff What a difference a year makes. The Maples Marauders avenged a beating at the hands of the Muskies last season with a 28-7 victory Friday afternoon at Investors Group Field in Winnipeg. With the loss, Fort High (2-3) was eliminated from contention for playing in the playoff tournament featuring […]
Staff Thunder Bay has been a trouble spot for the Fort Frances Lakers so far this season. Riley Corbin kicked out 48 shots, and Kristopher Hamlin had two goals and an assist, to lead the Thunder Bay North Stars to a 3-2 win over the visiting Lakers on Saturday night. […]
