Staff The Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team just sent the Dryden Eagles a message—in bright neon. It reads: This year will not be another walk in the park. Fort High (1-0) upended the defending champion Eagles (0-1) by a 3-1 count (25-21, 25-27, 25-23, and 25-14) in the NorWOSSA regular-season […]
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Staff Kiss My Pass is unaccustomed to prosperity but they won’t turn it down. Last season’s regular cellar-dwellers in the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League are enjoying life in the penthouse suite after earning the maximum six points as last Thursday’s season kick-off. Joining Kiss My Pass atop the standings […]
Joey Payeur The slow starts hadn’t cost the Fort Frances Lakers yet. But a subpar finish last night did. The Dryden GM Ice Dogs scored three times in the third period to beat the visiting Lakers 4-2 in an early-season first-place battle of undefeated teams in the SIJHL. “We are […]
Joey Payeur The veterans put their best foot forward while the rookies were just happy to be running down their dream. A healthy mix of experience and fresh faces propelled the Muskies’ cross-country team to an impressive start to the NorWOSSA season at an invitational meet hosted by Fort High […]
Joey Payeur It was next man up so Kendyn Faragher stepped up. With reigning team MVP Tyson-Skylar Morrisseau forced out of action on his sixth hole by a shoulder injury, the rest of the Muskie golf squad were left to defend their home course at Heron Landing during the second […]
Joey Payeur Every team wants to get off to a good start. But no team would dare to dream to get off to as good a start as the Muskies football team had here Friday afternoon. Tristan Badiuk returned the opening kick-off 95 yards for a touchdown as Fort High […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Lakers are asking the town to help them host the Dudley Hewitt Cup next spring. Fort Frances Lakers Association spokesperson Larry Patrick spoke to council Monday night, requesting they consider the group’s wish list in its 2015 budget deliberations. Patrick said it will cost $100,000 […]
Joey Payeur Ho-hum, another SIJHL season, another Fort Frances Lakers’ winning streak. It’s only two games into the new campaign but the defending Bill Salonen Cup champions appear intent on keeping a stranglehold on their elite status after a pair of weekend wins. The Lakers beat the Thunder Bay North […]
Staff Five months later and Mason Meyer still is causing the Minnesota Iron Rangers no end of grief. Meyer buried a feed from Alex Rezansoff with 58 seconds left in regulation time to give the Fort Frances Lakers a 4-3 win in SIJHL action yesterday in Hoyt Lakes. It was […]
Joey Payeur There are 25 players in Fort Frances who this week won an all-expenses’ paid trip to the Dudley Hewitt Cup tournament. OK, so maybe the expenses won’t exactly be in the upper stratosphere since the Cup will be contested here in Fort Frances next spring. That being said, […]
Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association is trying to encourage a fall fashion trend among younger people—with an emphasis on stripes. A junior Level 1 and 2 refereeing clinic will be held Sept. 27 from 8 a.m.-noon at the Memorial Sports Centre in an effort to restock the […]
Joey Payeur Braydon Hansson hadn’t forgotten the heartbreak of a year ago. So he decided to break the Muskies’ heart by himself. The quarterback rushed for all five of his team’s touchdowns in leading the host Dryden Eagles to a 36-13 victory over Fort High in WHSFL action Friday night. […]
