Joey Payeur Seven wins in seven games this NorWOSSA season—none by less than two goals—have the Muskies looking to cause havoc at the OFSAA ‘AA’ championships, which begin tomorrow in North Bay tomorrow. Fort High advanced to the provincial showdown after capturing its fifth-straight NorWOSSA crown with a 5-0 win […]
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Staff The Fort Frances Lakers cleared up some unfinished business and also made steps to move forward to next season. Head coach/general manager Wayne Strachan officially announced the trade of forward Nolan Ross to the RBC Cup champion Portage Terriers (MJHL), which was first reported in the Daily Bulletin last […]
Staff The Fort Frances Juniors probably would have preferred to be a trivia answer of a different kind. The Juniors who go down in the record books as the first squad to fall to the expansion Dawson Diggers, who notched their first win in team history yesterday with a 14-11 […]
Staff Stock car enthusiasts will see the green flag drop after all this year. About 50 people attended yesterday’s meeting called by the Borderland Racing Association at the Emo Speedway. From that group, enough volunteers stepped forward to fill the required positions that it was confirmed the racing season will […]
Staff One team knows what lies ahead while the other still is awaiting for its road to be fully revealed. The Muskie boys’ soccer team had its full schedule announced yesterday for the OFSAA ‘AA’ championships in North Bay this week. The five-time defending NorWOSSA champs will be one of […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers cleared up some unfinished business and made steps to move forward to next year. General manager and head coach Wayne Strachan officially announced the trade of forward Nolan Ross to the RBC Cup champion Portage Terriers of the MJHL which was reported last week. In […]
Staff The Ross brothers are together again. Reports indicate the Fort Frances Lakers have traded hometown product Nolan Ross to the RBC Cup champion Portage Terriers (MJHL) for future considerations. The 20-year-old forward then was packaged with his twin brother, defenceman Davis Ross, and sent by the Terriers to the […]
Staff A fantastic season for Muskie track-and-field athlete Sekina Scheibler is about to get even better. The ninth-grader qualified for three events in the Midget boys’ division at the upcoming OFSAA meet June 4-6 in Toronto following his performance at the NWOSSAA championships in Thunder Bay. Scheibler will be joined […]
Staff The fate of the local stock car racing season could be determined this weekend. The Borderland Racing Association has called a meeting for this Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Emo Speedway. All interested volunteers are asked to attend. The start of the racing season will be delayed for […]
Joey Payeur The champs are still here. Both the Muskie girls’ and boys’ soccer teams defended their NorWOSSA crowns here yesterday after earning byes to their respective finals. The girls staged a spellbinding comeback by scoring twice in the final seven minutes to nab a 2-1 win over the Dryden […]
Staff The first order of business for the North Western Ontario Tourism Association at its annual spring meeting was to address the reality that it soon may be out of business. At the April 30 gathering in Emo, concerns were raised by NWOTA president Lucas Adams and others about the […]
Joey Payeur The chances are there, the shots are flying, but the ball isn’t finding the target. So goes the story on offence for the Muskie girls’ soccer team, which owned the ball but not the scoreboard in their final two NorWOSSA regular-season games last Wednesday in Kenora. After scoring […]
