Joey Payeur A team on a hot streak facing a team with four starters missing was a train wreck waiting to happen. The Fort Frances Lakers extended their winning run to 10 games with a resounding 9-0 shutout over the Thunder Bay North Stars here Friday night. What was supposed […]
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Staff Making a comparison was easy for Jamie Davis. The Muskie boys’ hockey head coach watched his squad beat the Detroit Lakes Lakers 5-3 in exhibition action Saturday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. It was a significant turnaround from the 6-2 pasting Fort High took from Detroit Lakes […]
Staff Muskie curling quickly is becoming synonymous with success. All three squads were undefeated at the NorWOSSA qualifier in Red Lake following this morning’s draw. The girls’ team of skip Hailey Beaudry, third Nicole Hartlin, second Erin Tomalty, and lead Tory Beaudry sat at 3-0 after beating the Atikokan Voyageurs […]
Staff Jenna Enge has assured herself a place in Ontario curling history while Tirzah Keffer was left wondering what might have been. Enge, a Devlin native who plays second for Sudbury skip Tracy Horgan, is a provincial champion for a second time after Horgan edged Kendra Lilly 4-3 in the […]
Staff Close finishes, outstanding performances, and a first-time thrill highlighted recent action in the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association. The Fort Frances Bantam ‘AA’ Leafs mauled the Baudette junior varsity girls’ team 13-2 back on Dec. 20. Danielle Cridland had the memorable moment of the game—scoring her first-ever competitive goal […]
Staff So far, so good. The two district participants in the inaugural provincial women’s curling championship both ended up in the win column as the event kicked off yesterday at the Fort William Curling Club in Thunder Bay. Tracy Horgan of Sudbury, who has Devlin’s Jenna Enge at second, earned […]
Staff The offence looked familiar but the defence was a far more dangerous beast this time around. The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team limited the Kenora Broncos’ shot-making opportunities, and made good on enough of their own, to earn a 43-31 decision in NorWOSSA action here yesterday. Fort High (5-0) […]
Joey Payeur It was a beautiful end to a mostly ugly story. Wyatt Cota scored the game-winner on the power play at 2:51 of overtime to give the Fort Frances Lakers a 6-5 victory over the visiting English River Miners on Tuesday night. With Landen Matechuk in the box for […]
Staff The Muskie girls’ hockey team got a rare first-hand look at a losing streak and decided it didn’t suit them. Annalise Hayes scored twice, and Calie Clendenning recorded the shutout, as the Muskies blanked the host St. Thomas Aquinas Saints 5-0 in NorWOSSA play last night. Fort High (5-2) […]
Staff The second half of the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League isn’t the only thing dawning. So is the realization by the rest of the league that it’s going to be very tough to catch the top guns. The One Hit Wonders maintained its sizable lead after getting five of […]
Staff Old teams with new faces, along with some new kids on the block, marked the opening night of play for the Borderland Indoor Women’s Soccer League last night at Fort High. The U15 Borderland Lightning, made up of the female contingent of the same-named club team put together last […]
Staff It wasn’t so much a hockey schedule as it was a barnstorming tour. The Muskie boys’ hockey team were put through their paces extensively in NorWOSSA action this past week, having to play five games in four days in three separate towns. An arduous workload finally caught up to […]
