Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team is done. Fort High—seeded fourth—was ousted from the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ championships in Pembroke/Petawawa this morning with a 3-1 quarter-final loss to the 10th-ranked Patrick Fogarty Flames (Collingwood). The Flames led 1-0 after one period, then went up 2-0 in the second before Chase McGuire […]
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Staff Winning a regular-season championship is a sure-fire way to increase one’s chances at getting some major accolades. Five members of the first-place Fort Frances Lakers were announced Tuesday as finalists for the SIJHL’s year-end awards. Forward Lucas DeBenedet will get a second chance at the league’s top individual honour […]
Staff Annalise Hayes has scored plenty of goals this season but none bigger than last night. The Grade 9 forward finished off a 2-on-1 with Amy Penner to score the game-winner with 2:15 to go to give the Muskie girls’ hockey team a 4-3 win over the Timmins Blues in […]
Staff When one goes on a big stage for the first time, it only makes sense to make a grand entrance. Tyler VanUden’s short-handed goal early in the first period yesterday morning sparked the Muskie boys’ hockey team to a 4-2 victory over the host Fellowes Falcons in their opening […]
Staff The captain is on deck and she means business. Amy Penner was front-and-centre in leading the Muskie girls’ hockey team to the quarter-final round with back-to-back victories at the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ championships in Kenora. With Jessica Coran back on her wing after fully recovering from an emergency appendectomy several […]
Staff First-set fortitude gave way to second-set blues for the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team on Monday. But with the pressure off, the black and gold delivered its best performance yesterday before fading away in their finale. The reigning NWOSSAA champs were swept 2-0 in both their best-of-three matches on […]
Joey Payeur Shelby Tymkin had, in her words, the time of her life. She just wished time hadn’t run out on her and her team. Tymkin, along with her former Muskie “Fantastic Four” teammates Katie Sinclair, Hailey Clendenning, and Shilo Beck, saw their quest to lead the Rainy River Community […]
Staff Winning a regular-season championship is a surefire way to increase one’s possibilities at gaining some major accolades. Five members of the first-place Fort Frances Lakers were announced on Tuesday as finalists for the SIJHL’s annual year-end awards. Forward Lucas DeBenedet will get a second chance at the league’s top […]
Staff Amy Penner had her regular line back together and she couldn’t have been happier. The captain of the Muskie girls’ hockey team notched a hat trick to lead third-seeded Fort High to a 5-2 win over the 14th-ranked McKinnon Park Blue Devils (Caledonia) in their first game at the […]
Staff Thirty shots, three goalposts, no luck. A storybook season for the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs women’s hockey team came to a painful end Saturday in a 1-0 loss to the West Chester University of Pennsylvania Golden Rams in the semi-finals of the ACHA Division II national championship in […]
Staff Between back-to-back NorWOSSA titles and a slew of teams opting to stay home, the Muskie girls’ hockey team has been elevated among the ranks of those fighting for a provincial title. Playing in Pool ‘B,’ Fort High was handed the No. 3 seed in the 16-team field that will […]
Staff The Dryden GM Ice Dogs’ annual “Cancer Game” left the Fort Frances Lakers feeling under the weather. Zachary Kercz scored his second goal of the game just 18 seconds into overtime to give the host Ice Dogs a 3-2 win Saturday night. Wyatt Cota, who has taken over the […]
