Joey Payeur Wayne Strachan didn’t have to guess what went wrong after watching what likely was his team’s worst performance of the season. “Even from the warm-up, even walking out there before the first period, I could tell we weren’t into it,” said the upset head coach and general manager […]
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Staff A four-point night helped Alliance move into first place by itself after Week 11 in the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League last Thursday. By The Balls managed only three points to sit one behind Alliance in second with 44. Gillons’ Cougars also garnered three points to stay one behind […]
Staff The four Muskie court teams will have to wait a little longer to start their NorWOSSA seasons. Today’s scheduled match-ups between the Muskies and visiting Kenora Broncos were postponed due to unsafe road conditions from yesterday’s snowstorm. A make-up date will be announced at a later date. In related […]
Joey Payeur The Great White North got the better of the Red, White, and Blue. Shilo Beck scored twice while Kate Parsons made 27 saves as the Muskie girls’ hockey team beat the International Falls Broncos 6-2 in exhibition action here Tuesday night. “We thought it would be a lot […]
Joey Payeur Missing two of their top offensive weapons, the Fort Frances Midget ‘AA’ Canadians received a full-team effort to come out on top. Ben Whitburn scored twice as the Canadians held off the Emo Cowboys 5-3 in the final of the seventh-annual Gus Lindberg Memorial tournament Sunday at the […]
Joey Payeur Angels can come in all forms. Some of them even wear skates. The Fort Frances Atom ‘AA’ Canadians got into the holiday spirit the past two weeks, raising $1,001 with their “KIDS 4 KIDS” Christmas rally fundraiser in support of the “Adopt an Angel” program through the local […]
Joey Payeur The Soviet Red Army hockey team, in its heyday, had the KLM Line. The Fort Frances Lakers are proud to present the DLM Line, which recently has been bombing opposing goalies with military-like precision. The trio of Lucas DeBenedet, Lyndon Lipinski, and Mason Meyer is on a prolific […]
Staff The Muskie girls’ hockey team sent a few more Bears into hibernation last night. Shelby Tymkin had a pair of goals while nine different Muskies lit the lamp as Fort High crushed Lake of the Woods 10-1 in an exhibition game in Baudette. The locals held a massive 62-10 […]
Joey Payeur One of the few things Lucas DeBenedet didn’t have on his impressive résumé yet this season was an overtime goal. That now can be scratched off the list. DeBenedet delivered the goods Saturday with his second goal of the game—just 24 seconds into the extra session—to give the […]
Joey Payeur The safe bet is that a certain goalie is taking the day off school today to get some much-deserved rest after an evening which probably had her seeing flying pucks in her nightmares. The Muskie girls’ hockey team racked up an astounding 100 shots—while allowing only four—in a […]
Staff Both Muskie hockey teams have been slicing through their NorWOSSA opponents so far this season like a Ginsu knife through a tomato. The boys’ squad improved to 3-0 in league play with a 6-1 win last night over the host St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora). Jarred Taylor paced Fort […]
Staff With a perfect six-point night last Thursday, Alliance now sits tied for first place with By The Balls in the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League at 41 points apiece. By The Balls had to cancel its matches for the evening, allowing Alliance to catch up to the front-runners. Both […]
