Joey Payeur Chad Canfield hopes eight days can make a world of difference. The head coach of the Muskie football team must figure out a winning formula by Friday’s WHSFL Currie Division quarter-final against the Elmwood Giants in Winnipeg. Whatever plan was in place didn’t work last Thursday, when the […]
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Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Lakers keep winning—and the people who compile the Canadian Junior ‘A’ Hockey League top 20 rankings are noticing. The Lakers’ rise to No. 6 in the current rankings is the best in team history, thanks to its current eight-game winning streak that included a pair […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers have reached unprecedented heights on the mountain of national junior hockey recognition. After garnering an honourable mention in the Canadian Junior ‘A’ Hockey League top 20 rankings last week, the Lakers vaulted to No. 6 this week—the highest the organization has ever held. Much of […]
Joey Payeur After dominating NorWOSSA play so far this season, the Muskie junior girls’ basketball team decided to see what Thunder Bay had to offer. As it turned out, it wasn’t a whole lot different than what they’ve encountered so far. The Muskies captured the Westgate Miss Basketball tournament by […]
Joey Payeur The Thunder Bay North Stars now have a tidy pair of bookends on their mantle—courtesy of the red-hot Fort Frances Lakers. SIJHL scoring leader Lucas DeBenedet notched a hat trick, and Bryce Lipinski added a pair of goals, as the Lakers won their eighth-straight game by doubling the […]
Staff The Muskie cross-country running team took more than a few steps in the right direction yesterday in Dryden. Hailey Beaudry posted a second-place finish among 26 runners in the Open Female 5km event for girls’ in Grade 9 and up, clocking in at 22:43 to finish behind Andie Wood […]
Joey Payeur Chad Canfield needs answers—and he’s only got about a week to find them. The head coach of the Muskie football team was searching for solutions to his team’s season-long discipline issues after yesterday’s 31-0 loss to the host Elmwood Giants to close out the WHSFL regular season. “We […]
Joey Payeur Colton Spicer has just disproved a well-worn cliché. You can, in fact, go home again. The Fort Frances native will suit up for a second tour of duty with his hometown Lakers, who traded for the 18-year-old forward yesterday from the SIJHL’s newest team, the English River Miners, […]
Joey Payeur The Dryden Eagles scored first against the Muskie junior girls’ basketball team in NorWOSSA action here yesterday. To quote Julia Roberts in the film “Pretty Woman”: big mistake, huge. The Muskies (5-0) responded by going on a 23-0 run to sew up the game by early in the […]
Joey Payeur It’s game on this weekend for the Fort Frances Midget ‘AA’ Canadians. The local squad will get to trade shots, bodychecks, and perhaps the odd harsh word or two with three other teams at their season-opening tournament in the new arena on Lac Seul First Nation. Fort Frances […]
Joey Payeur The limousine is booked and the tuxedos have been rented. The Muskie football team is all set to go to the big dance. The Fort High squad (3-3) had an even more enjoyable Thanksgiving weekend after clinching a playoff spot in the WHSFL’s Andy Currie Division (‘A’)—and without […]
Joey Payeur Brent Aiken made such a good first impression, the referee even was recognizing him for things he didn’t do. Aiken was credited with a goal and an assist in his first game with the Fort Frances Lakers (7-1-0-1), who extended their SIJHL winning streak to six games with […]
