Joey Payeur On a night his team got what he called a “greasy win,” Matt Vela wasn’t shy about his team’s feeling towards its conquered opponent. “They’re very chippy and they’ve got an attitude we don’t like,” he said after the Fort Frances Lakers’ 2-1 win over the Dryden Ice […]
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Staff Two different missions by two different teams ended in positive fashion Tuesday afternoon at Fort High. The Muskie junior girls’ volleyball squad capped a perfect 8-0 regular season with a 3-0 sweep of the visiting Dryden Eagles (26-24, 25-21, and 25-22). Coach Kirsten Talsma and her crew now will […]
Staff It was raining “threes” on Monday night and Caleb McIntosh was the cause of the storm. McIntosh drilled eight three-pointers in the second half as part of a game-high 34 points to lead Taggs to a 98-74 victory over Investors Group in the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League action. […]
Joey Payeur Those who enjoy the thrill of tracking down and bagging that prize moose in Rainy River District each year may have to change the way they do so as early as this fall. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests on Friday announced proposed amendments to regulations under […]
Joey Payeur The Muskie boys’ hockey team wants to rule supreme at the all-Ontarios this season. But four members of the squad hope to be in a Manitoba state-of-mind once their business here is finished. Forwards Jarred Taylor, Tyler VanUden, and Matt Cheetham, along with defenceman Carter Brown, attracted the […]
Joey Payeur In one pressure-packed game after another, Chris Silver’s quartet came up with one big shot after another. But it’s the rare curling team that can keep up that pace without flinching—the kind of team Silver ran into Sunday afternoon. Three-straight steals were all Sudbury’s Tanner Horgan needed to […]
Joey Payeur All last-place finishes are not created equal. Nestor Falls native Erin Tomalty is proof of that—despite skipping her Fort Frances-based rink of third Anika Beaudry, second Tory Beaudry, and lead Katrina Slomke to a 1-6 record that left them at the back of the pack at the Bantam […]
Joey Payeur It’s been a long time for Jenna Enge and, in her opinion, for female curlers from this part of the country. The Devlin native, who now lives in Thunder Bay, will be part of the Sudbury-based rink skipped by Tracy Horgan that will be the first women’s team […]
Joey Payeur It’s been a whirlwind ride for the new Muskie Nordic ski team—and the journey is far from over. From its first practice session only two months ago, Fort High has been improving by leaps and bounds. So much so, in fact, that at least three team members have […]
Staff It’s hard to say what caused the Muskie boys’ hockey team more fatigue yesterday—the trip to and from Red Lake or all the raising of their arms in celebration while there. Fort High bombed the host Rams 17-3 in NorWOSSA action last night in the black-and-gold’s second-last regular-season game. […]
Staff For one game, anyway, the Muskie girls’ hockey team looked like it is ready to persevere through its latest roster shake-up. Amy Penner had five points in Fort High’s 15-1 romp over the Kenora Broncos yesterday at the Ice For Kids Arena. The Muskies lead 4-1 after the first […]
Staff For four ends, Chris Silver was in line for one of the best birthday presents ever. Then his team gift-wrapped the fifth end and the party was over. Sudbury’s Tanner Horgan stole two in the fifth en route to a 5-2 victory over his Fort Frances opponents in the […]
