Joey Payeur Expansion teams usually take on the role of the lovable loser—the one that gets welcomed to the house-warming bash and then asked to go keep an eye on the fish tank while everybody else takes part in the limbo contest. But the Fort Frances MudDogs don’t intend to […]
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Joey Payeur Three members of last year’s Muskie boys’ hockey team seemed quite similar in regards to receiving a favourable evaluation from their possible next hockey employers. Which direction each of the three is heading after the evaluation, however, is markedly different. Forwards Tyler VanUden and Jarred Taylor, along with […]
Staff The sky seems to be the limit for the Muskie track-and-field team—but only if there’s no low cloud cover. Head coach Ilka Milne was glowing with pride after her squad set a new school record for total points with 245.25 to finish second overall at the 2015 Northwest Invitational […]
Joey Payeur The Dryden Eagles and Kenora Broncos girls’ soccer teams came to town last week nursing their fair share of wounds. They left with a few extra scars courtesy of their goal-hungry hosts. The Muskies (2-0) served notice they are the team to beat in NorWOSSA again this season […]
Joey Payeur The Muskie boys’ soccer team has made it abundantly clear that anyone wishing to take away their stranglehold on the NorWOSSA trophy had better bring their A-game. Fort High (2-0), seeking a fifth-straight league title, opened the regular season here last Wednesday with a 2-0 win over the […]
Staff After the top half of the first inning, the score is 1-0 for Mother Nature. Yesterday’s inclement weather proved too much to overcome for the Rainy River Women’s District Fastball League, which saw all six of its season-opening games postponed. That included the inaugural game for the expansion Fort […]
Staff It’s win-or-else time for the Soo Thunderbirds. The Dudley Hewitt Cup champs are on the verge of elimination following a 5-3 loss to the Melfort Mustangs (SJHL) yesterday at the 2015 RBC Cup in Portage la Prairie, Man. Melfort (1-1) jumped to a 3-0 lead early in the first […]
Staff It was the game within the game—two Fort Frances natives on opposing sides, with only one able to walk away victorious. Jordan Larson and the Carleton Place Canadians (CCHL) topped Davis Ross and the host Portage Terriers (MJHL) 3-0 at the 2015 RBC Cup in Portage la Prairie, Man. […]
Staff Krista Kellar took her Bobby Baun impression as far as she could. But with three broken toes finally forcing her from the net, Main Street Mayhem couldn’t get the foothold it needed to retain its Borderland Women’s Indoor Soccer League title. Boston Pizza Ball Blasters scored three times in […]
Staff It’s back to the drawing board for the Kenora Broncos and Dryden Eagles. Figuring out how to beat the reigning NorWOSSA soccer champions is going to be even tougher than they planned on. The Muskie girls’ and boys’ teams opened the regular season in fine style here yesterday, with […]
Joey Payeur Move over, Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders. Cassandra Moffitt plans on making her own mark as the next two-sport star. The Fort Frances resident put her name on the dotted line last Thursday to officially become the newest member of the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs women’s volleyball […]
Joey Payeur More than a year’s worth of discussing, planning, and preparing was condensed into one week’s worth of execution. For Dudley Hewitt Cup chairman Larry Patrick and the rest of the tournament organizing committee, it couldn’t have turned out any better unless the hometown Lakers had captured the title. […]
