Staff Mother’s Day might become a common occurrence on the local women’s volleyball scene this winter. New league entrant How I Set Your Mother struck for its second-straight six-point week to grab first place following action last night at Fort High and St. Michael’s School. The squad is a hybrid […]
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Joey Payeur Life on the road didn’t seem all that glamorous yesterday for the Muskie football team. The black-and-gold—playing their first road game of the WHSFL season—were dumped 41-16 by the College Lorette Collegiate Scorpions. “It was simple breakdowns that cost us,” lamented Muskie head coach Mike Cuzzolino, whose team […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers’ newest acquisition will cast a rather lengthy shadow wherever he travels on the ice. Defenceman Ryan Gazich joined the team yesterday and possibly will be in the lineup tonight when the Lakers (1-0) host the Dryden GM Ice Dogs (2-0) in their regular-season home-opener. Game […]
Joey Payeur It will be home sweet home for the Muskie boys’ golf team. Tyson-Skylar Morrisseau’s first-place finish, a third from Graeme Kitt, and a 10th from Kendyn Faragher fuelled the Muskies to a second-place showing in the team competition with a combined score of 354 at the NorWOSSA final […]
Joey Payeur Welcome home, Dylan Kooner. One of two veteran forwards, along with Carter Chorney, announced Tuesday as having rejoined the team, Kooner wasted no time proving his worth. His short-handed goal in the second period helped lift the Fort Frances Lakers (1-0) to a 5-3 win over the English […]
Joey Payeur She had to put her racing goals on hold for an extra year. But that just made it even sweeter for Jyllian Westover when she finally entered the ranks of the stock car gladiators. The 15-year-old Fort Frances resident recently completed her rookie season in the Street Stocks […]
Joey Payeur The athletic significance of the event is special; the cultural significance even more so. Kenora will host the first-ever Northern Ontario Aboriginal Volleyball Tournament on Oct. 17-18 for players born from 1998-2001. The tournament will serve as the audition for anyone wanting a spot on Team Ontario for […]
Joey Payeur Mike Cuzzolino sent in the ground troops to topple the enemy, with just enough air support sprinkled in to make it a successful mission. The head coach of the Muskie football team watched his squad march to a 20-18 victory over the visiting Tec Voc Hornets in Fort […]
Joey Payeur Young hockey players in Fort Frances dream about playing in the NHL—or even the Olympics—one day. Chris Lindberg made both those dreams come true and he’s about to get deserved recognition for it. The Fort native will be inducted into the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in […]
The Canadian PressGregory Strong TORONTO—Brett Cecil called them the three biggest outs of his big-league career. Manager John Gibbons said if the season goes the way the Blue Jays hope it does, the eighth inning that Cecil salvaged last night may be the frame they look back on as being […]
Staff The long road to a “three-peat” begins tonight for the Fort Frances Lakers, but it just got a little smoother. The Lakers announced the return of forwards Dylan Kooner and Carter Chorney heading into tonight’s regular-season opener in Ear Falls against the English River Miners. Kooner was dealt with […]
Joey Payeur They weren’t perfect but the Muskie football team met its goal of a first-week victory perfectly. The black-and-gold churned out 266 yards on the ground, and Kenton Bowles made a game-saving fumble recovery in the waning moments of the fourth quarter, to help Fort High pull out a […]
