Staff The four Muskie court teams brought a stocking full of coal for their hosts. Then they proceeded to beat them over the head with it in what turned into a whole bunch of festive fun for the local squads. The black-and-gold won all four matches against the Kenora Broncos […]
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Staff On a night when four teams couldn’t play, and their closest pursuer was held pointless, Alliance reasserted itself as the team to beat in the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League. As the only team to gain the maximum six points in its two matches in the final night of […]
Joey Payeur The Red Lake Rams girls’ hockey team found a nauseating sight awaiting them on their bench here yesterday afternoon. They left the arena with a different kind of sick feeling in their stomachs. The Muskie girls got two-goal efforts from Shilo Beck, Rachel Jean, and Jessica Coran to […]
Staff Getting pounded hurts—but pounding those who hurt you does wonders for the spirit. A week after taking it on the chin in their NorWOSSA regular-season opener in Dryden, the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team paid back the Eagles with a convincing 70-48 triumph in Fort High’s home-opener Tuesday. Caleb […]
Joey Payeur The last time they met the Dryden Eagles in tournament play, the Muskie girls’ hockey team experienced tremendous disappointment. Fort High was bound and determined there would be no encore. Claire Sandelovich scored in the seventh round of the shootout, then watched teammate Kate Parsons deny Dryden’s Leah […]
Joey Payeur They’re one year older and they are counting on being at least one place better in the standings. That’s the goal for the Christopher Silver rink from Fort Frances, which captured the Northern Ontario Curling Association’s Bantam regional qualifier over the weekend in Sioux Lookout. Silver and his […]
Joey Payeur Even a split week turned into a good-news situation for the Fort Frances Lakers. Despite going 1-1 against the expansion English River Miners in their only two games last week, the Lakers jumped one spot to No. 5 in the latest Canadian Junior ‘A’ Hockey League top 20 […]
Joey Payeur In the strange but true department, having to kill a major penalty may have been just what the Fort Frances Lakers needed last night. Kevin Kurm and Mason Meyer each tallied twice as the Lakers (24-3-0-2) won their second-straight game—a 5-3 decision over the visiting Thunder Bay North […]
Joey Payeur The Muskie girls’ hockey team had only one goal in mind this past weekend. They achieved it by only giving up one more goal than that. Claire Sandelovich scored in regulation and then notched the shootout winner, while Kate Parsons stopped six of seven opponent shooters, to give […]
Joey Payeur Sometimes the best shots are the ones you never see go in. Lyndon Lipinski scored his second goal of the night at 2:01 of overtime here Friday night to help the Fort Frances Lakers salvage a split of their home-and-home series against the English River Miners with a […]
Staff One day, the Kenora Broncos will prove a worthy foe once again for the Muskie girls’ hockey team. Yesterday was not that day. Kaily Greengrass and Amy Penner each scored twice, and Shilo Beck added four assists, as the Muskies ran their NorWOSSA record to 5-0 with an 8-1 […]
Joey Payeur These are not your father’s English River Miners—or even your older brother’s. The expansion team won its first game in four tries against the Fort Frances Lakers on Tuesday in Ear Falls—a 4-3 victory over the sixth-ranked squad in the country in one of the SIJHL’s more jaw-dropping […]
