Joey Payeur Technically, one could call this weekend’s season-opening exhibition games for the Muskie boys’ hockey team a warm-up. But considering the intensity that accompanied last year’s pre-season series with the Thunder Bay Major Midget Kings, warm could turn hot very quickly. The two teams went through a three-game war […]
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Joey Payeur Having never coached before this season, Kirsten Talsma is experiencing life at the other end of the spectrum. She likely will be the busiest sideline boss in the building this Friday when she takes on the challenge of leading both the Muskie senior and junior boys’ volleyball teams […]
Joey Payeur In the numerical world of the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team, 20 equals three. Riding a 19-game league winning streak that stretches back to the 2012 playoffs, the black-and-gold will chalk up their third-straight NorWOSSA crown if they can make it an even 20 victories in a row […]
Joey Payeur It wasn’t a stretch to think the Fort Frances Lakers could end their modest losing skid. It just took a stretch. Colton Spicer did his best Serge Savard impression here Saturday night—whirling around in the slot before reaching around a defender and sliding the puck home 19 seconds […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers and Dryden GM Ice Dogs won’t be continuing their on-ice battle tonight. The scheduled contest between the two teams here was postponed after four members of the Ice Dogs were involved in a motor-vehicle accident there early yesterday evening. The players were in a car […]
Joey Payeur The Muskie girls’ hockey team figured its 10th-annual home tournament started so well, it as well end the exact same way. Amber Jourdain and Kaily Greengrass each had a goal and an assist, while Kate Parsons earned the shutout, as Fort High defended its title with a 4-0 […]
Joey Payeur Meet Wayne Strachan, wheeler-dealer. The Fort Frances Lakers’ general manager spent the weekend doing some serious roster renovations while also guiding his team to a 5-4 overtime victory against the Minnesota Iron Rangers here Saturday night. Colton Spicer used his long reach to stretch around a defender and […]
Staff When the rest of the SIJHL gets this news, it’s going to be a very unhappy Hallowe’en for them. The Fort Frances Lakers announced today the return of forward Lucas DeBenedet, last year’s SIJHL scoring champion, to the roster. “Lucas will join the team for practice [today] and will […]
Staff If this was a NASCAR race, One Hit Wonders and Kiss My Pass would be on the verge of lapping the field. The co-leaders of the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League continue to widen the gap between themselves and their pursuers after each garnered the maximum six points last […]
Joey Payeur It was a toss-up which was the bigger story but both of them were happy tales to tell. The Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team clinched first place—and a berth in the NorWOSSA final next Friday—by edging the host Dryden Eagles 3-2 (25-10, 23-25, 25-20, 18-25, and 15-11) on […]
Staff A power play with a short circuit caused the Fort Frances Lakers to have their night end with an unpleasant shock. Nicholas Nigro’s tally with 2:32 to go lifted the host Thunder Bay North Stars to a 3-2 victory last night. With the loss, the Lakers (10-5-1) saw its […]
Joey Payeur Hailey Beaudry thought she had met her Waterloo in Thunder Bay last week—but she actually will be there this Saturday. The Grade 12 Muskie runner looked to have been denied a third-straight trip to the OFSAA cross-country championships—by a mere 2.42 seconds—after finishing sixth out of 36 runners […]
