Joey Payeur Having won their first four NorWOSSA games by four goals or more, the Muskie boys’ hockey team was wondering if any team in the league was going to test them at all this season. They don’t have to wonder anymore. Tyler VanUden scored a pair of second-period goals, […]
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Joey Payeur Wayne Strachan saw the signs of trouble coming a mile away—or, more accurately, about 33 hours ahead of time. A less-than-impressive practice last Thursday had the Fort Frances Lakers’ general manager and head coach worried ahead of his team’s two-game home series with the English River Miners. Those […]
Press Release Fort Frances Youth Soccer is in jeopardy of not going ahead next season if not enough parent volunteers step up. A large portion of our current board is stepping away from youth soccer to pursue other volunteer interests. We only had one member on the board last season […]
Staff Wyatt Cota got the credit. Colton Spicer claimed he got the tip. Either way, the Fort Frances Lakers are just glad they were able to avoid a rather unexpected sweep. Cota’s power-play goal, with Spicer possibly getting a piece of the puck on the way in, lifted the Lakers […]
Staff Scared Hitless is reminding everyone why they carry the designation of defending champion. The reigning title-holders in the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League was the only team to gain the maximum six points last Thursday to move into third place by themselves with 43. One Hit Wonders notched five […]
Staff The Kenora Broncos wanted to impress the home crowd from the opening face-off. Seven seconds later, they were digging the puck out of their own net for what would be the beginning of a long night. Jarred Taylor’s early marker started a four-point night for himself as the Muskie […]
Joey Payeur Devin Tappenden thought he could see some writing on the wall, so he decided to author his own chapter to this season’s story. Tappenden made 34 saves to backstop the Fort Frances Lakers (17-5-1-1) to a 6-3 win over the Dryden GM Ice Dogs (10-12-0-2) here Tuesday night. […]
Staff Tim Hortons may be raising its prices but the Fort Frances Tim Hortons novice girls’ hockey team keeps raising its game. Piper Miller scored twice while game MVP Addison Chown added one as Fort Frances beat the Kenora Vipers 3-1 on Sunday in the gold-medal game of the 20th-annual […]
Joey Payeur The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team of late maintained a theme of having one big wheel in the offence. This year’s squad is going to need all the spokes working together if it is going to get rolling anywhere. The black-and-gold began its new season by going 0-3 […]
Joey Payeur Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach Wayne Strachan has some ready-made kindling for heating the fireplace when the weather turned cold on Saturday. Namely, the video recording of his team’s biggest loss of the season the previous night—a 9-2 defeat at the hands of the Minnesota Iron Rangers down […]
Joey Payeur If there was a no cellphone rule in the class, Carter Chorney will be glad for one day that he ignored it. The Fort Frances Lakers’ forward, a Grade 12 student at Fort High, received word Friday that he was invited to try out for the Canada West […]
Staff Wayne Strachan’s efforts to shore up the back end of his team has yielded two new faces. The general manager/head coach of the Fort Frances Lakers announced today that goalie Pierce Dushenko was acquired from the Whitecourt Wolverines of the Alberta Junior Hockey League for future considerations. Defenceman Austen […]
