Staff It was a high number the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team saw coming from a mile away. Fort High got the 12th seed for the 16-team OFSAA ‘A/AA’ championship in Dryden, which begins Monday. The black-and-gold, who are in Pool ‘C,’ won NorWOSSA silver in Dryden on Feb. 20 […]
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Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team has been seeded fourth out of the 16 teams competing at the OFSAA ‘AA’ championship next week in Pembroke/Petawawa. Fort High, which captured its eighth-straight NorWOSSA crown Sunday, will play in Pool ‘D.’ The black-and-gold were rewarded not only for their 18-2 record in […]
Staff “The Fantastic Four” will be part of the final four. A quartet of former Muskies helped the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs’ women’s hockey team clinch a semi-final berth at the ACHA Division II national championship in York, Pa. Muskie alumni Shelby Tymkin and Shilo Beck both scored, to […]
Staff The 48th-annual church bonspiel is raring to go tomorrow, but it’s not too late for more teams or individuals to sign up. The event will run from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Lead organizer Bill Gushulak said late yesterday there currently are seven teams participating, […]
Staff Fort Frances Youth Soccer wants young people to come out and have a ball this spring. Registration for the 2015 season will run this Tuesday and Wednesday (March 10-11) from 6-8 p.m. at the Memorial Sports Centre. The organization drew about 350 players last year and is setting its […]
Staff Both games scheduled in the Borderland Women’s Indoor Soccer League ended up as forfeits last night at Fort High, making it three games in the past two weeks that have gone by the boards. The defending champion Main Street Mayhem won by forfeit over the Boston Pizza Ball Blasters, […]
Staff First place already is decided but it’s a dandy duel for second. The One Hit Wonders earned the maximum six points last Thursday to boost its season total to 105 points atop the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League. But it’s an all-out street fight behind them. Defending champion Scared […]
Joey Payeur Wayne Strachan turned line juggling—and blueline and goalie juggling, for that matter—into an art form on Tuesday night. With injuries, illness, and suspensions leaving him with only 11 forwards, five defencemen, and one semi-healthy netminder, the Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach and general manager played mix-and-match on offence, […]
Staff As expected, the Fort Frances Muskies senior girls volleyball team didn’t get the most favourable ranking for the OFSAA ‘AA’ championship. The black-and-gold have the No. 12 seed and are the third-highest rated team out of four in Pool ‘C’ of the 16-team tournament, which gets underway on Monday […]
Press Release Parachute, the national charitable organization dedicated to preventing injuries and saving lives, is promoting a video to educate hockey enthusiasts about the importance of playing smart hockey to prevent concussions. For Canadians aged five-19, hockey accounts for 44 percent of sports-related brain injuries. Parachute, which includes Safe Communities […]
Staff Only one set of Stars could shine bright when the final curtain came down. Kristy Dunning had three goals and an assist as the Thunder Bay Petrie Stars romped to a 6-0 shutout over the Fort Frances BDO Stars in the bronze-medal game of the Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association’s […]
Joey Payeur Nathan Park’s fantastic February not only benefitted his team but himself. Park closed the year’s shortest month with a 31-save outing to backstop the Fort Frances Lakers to a 4-2 victory over the Thunder Bay North Stars here Saturday night. On Monday, the 20-year-old from Edmonton was named […]
