Lucas Punkari Local golfer “Snake” Krawchuk may have put it best for what many who hit the driving range at the Heron Landing Golf Course on Saturday were looking for as they attended one of the course’s “demo days.” “For me, it’s about trying all of the new equipment and […]
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Lucas Punkari The Fort Frances Curling Club has thrown its hat into the ring to be one of the 10 communities selected for this year’s Kraft Celebration Tour. Two bids from the club were submitted for this year’s competition—one sent in by Muskie curler Hailey Beaudry and the other by […]
Lucas Punkari In her first time competing at a Soap Box Derby event, seven-year-old Marie-Mai Langevin of Fort Frances turned in a strong performance at Valley City, N.D. on Saturday. Going up against 27 other competitors in the “stock” category, Langevin finished up in fourth place overall and just lost […]
Lucas Punkari Although his team finished at the bottom of their pool without a win or a goal to their name, Muskie boys’ soccer head coach Shane Beckett felt his team has nothing to be ashamed about with the effort they put in at the OFSAA ‘AA’ championships in Stratford […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ soccer team fell 1-0 to the Wellington Heights Wolverines (Mount Forest) on Friday afternoon in their final game at the OFSAA ‘AA’ championships in Stratford. That left the black-and-gold with an 0-4 record and without a goal in Pool ‘C’ play, finishing at the bottom of […]
Lucas Punkari The Muskie boys’ soccer team will miss out on the playoffs at the OFSAA ‘AA’ championships in Stratford after suffering a 5-0 loss to the Holy Trinity Tigers of Bradford this morning. Although the setback dropped the black-and-gold’s record to 0-3 and put them at bottom of the […]
Staff The latest member of the SIJHL finally has its name set in stone, with the new franchise based out of Ear Falls to be dubbed the English River Miners. The franchise’s newly-formed executive opted to go with English River over Ear Falls, stating that “it will be the best […]
Lucas Punkari The Muskie boys’ soccer team began its quest for provincial glory on a losing note this morning, falling 1-0 to the St. Martin Mustangs of Mississauga in their Pool ‘C’ opener at the OFSAA ‘AA’ championships in Stratford. “We came out a little bit flat and looked like […]
Lucas Punkari As is often the case during the summer, the ball diamond at Couchiching was surrounded by interested observers as two teams battled it out in fastball action Monday night. But instead of the guys who take to the field on weekly basis in the RRDFL, it was women […]
Lucas Punkari Although a lot smaller than those from schools in Thunder Bay, the Muskie track-and-field squad finished in eighth place out of 14 teams at the NWOSSAA championships last Tuesday and Wednesday. “It was a great meet for our team,” enthused head coach Natasha Shack. “Last year we left […]
Lucas Punkari As time wound down in the second half of extra time in Dryden last Wednesday, it looked as if the Muskie girls’ soccer team and the host Eagles were destined for a penalty shootout in their NorWOSSA semi-final contest. Instead, Eagles’ striker Amy Doudiet broke the deadlock with […]
Lucas Punkari They’ve been the team to beat in NorWOSSA for the last three years, and the Muskie boys’ soccer team showed why once again in Dryden last Wednesday. With a 2-1 win over the Kenora Broncos, the black-and-gold came away with their third-straight league title and earned the chance […]
