Joey Payeur This was no dainty dozen. A gutsy group of Rainy River Community College Voyageurs women’s hockey players—all 12 of them—weren’t afraid to mix it up with more well-stocked opponents during RRCC’s ninth-annual Can-Am Tournament at Bronco Arena over the weekend. The result of the Voyageurs’ determination was a […]
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Joey Payeur It might as well have been over after the first goal but the Muskie girls’ hockey team decided to pile on some more for fun. Grade 9 rookie Annalise Hayes had a hat trick to lead Fort High to a 6-0 victory over the Kelvin Clippers (Winnipeg) to […]
Joey Payeur Anyone with a love of snowmobiling (and of a fatter bank account) had best fire up their engines, or at least their computer. The early-bird deadline for purchasing an Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) trail permit online for the 2014-15 season is this Saturday (Nov. 1). The […]
Staff When the spotlight was at its peak, Jess Caul shone through. The Fort Frances native was named tournament MVP after leading the Providence University College Pilots to their third-straight Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference women’s soccer championship over the weekend in Otterburne. Caul scored twice in Saturday’s 6-0 semi-final victory […]
Staff Hailey Beaudry isn’t running on empty after all. The Muskie cross-country racer was surprised to learn Friday that she had been invited to take part in this Saturday’s OFSAA championships in Waterloo. Beaudry missed qualifying for OFSAA by one place—and just 2.43 seconds—in the senior girls’ five-km division at […]
Staff A few more bodies in the lineup made all the difference in the world to the Dryden GM Ice Dogs. Cole Golka, the SIJHL’s top sniper, netted a pair of goals Saturday night to help Dryden to a 5-3 win over the host Fort Frances Lakers. Golka’s first tally […]
Staff The Muskie girls’ hockey team just put this season’s opponents on notice. The champs are back—and possibly better than before. Annalise Hayes netted a hat trick, and Calie Clendenning posted the shutout, as the Muskies blanked the Kelvin Clippers 6-0 yesterday in Winnipeg to capture the Sturgeon Heights Huskies’ […]
The Associated Press TAMPA, Fla.—Anthony Barr stripped the ball, scooped it up, and took off for the end zone. “I’m thinking win, score, get out of here,” the young Minnesota linebacker said yesterday after his 27-yard fumble return on the first scrimmage play of overtime enabled the Vikings to stop […]
Staff The road to a repeat crown begins tomorrow for Jess Caul. Fort High’s female athlete-of-the-year in 2013 is about to embark on another post-season journey with the Providence University College Pilots, based in Otterburne, Man., that she hopes will end as well—or even better—than last year. The second-year Pilot […]
Staff One Hit Wonders and Kiss My Pass are operating in very close quarters right now. The two squads each earned the maximum six points possible last Thursday to remain tied atop the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League with 28 points apiece. Their stellar play also means the gap between […]
Staff It was the very essence of inevitability. The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team ensured it will defend its NorWOSSA crown following a 38-27 victory over the host Kenora Broncos on Tuesday. With their 18th-straight league win, Fort High (6-0) clinched first place with two games left in the regular […]
Staff Hailey Beaudry was denied her third-straight trip to the OFSAA cross-country running championships by less time than it took to read this opening sentence. The Muskie veteran placed sixth out of 37 runners in the senior girls’ category at the NWOSSAA championships yesterday in Thunder Bay—covering the five-km course […]
