Staff The Muskie boys’ basketball teams once again are tops in their league after both the senior and junior squads captured the Northland Cup on Saturday in Kenora. The seniors were pushed to the limit in the final against the Red Lake Rams, but came away with a narrow 74-72 […]
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Staff For the first time in Fort High history, both the Muskie boys’ and girls’ hockey teams captured their respective league crowns. The girls captured their first-ever league title—this year known as the Northland Cup—by beating the host Kenora Broncos 5-1 on Sunday, giving them the two-game, total-goal series by […]
Staff After taking a week off due to Family Day, the Fort Frances men’s basketball league returned to action this past Monday at the Fort High gym. In the opening game, the league-leading La Place Rendez-Vous Voyageurs (8-2) went on a late scoring run to pull away with a 94-79 […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers made a huge statement last night heading into the SIJHL playoffs, snapping the Minnesota Wilderness’ 17-game winning streak with a 4-3 shootout victory in Cloquet. With their ninth-straight win, the Lakers (32-15-1-2) officially clinched the second seed for the playoffs. Colton Spicer scored the only […]
Staff The Muskie girls’ hockey team edged the Kenora Broncos 1-0 in the opener of their two-game, total-goal NorWOSSA final last night at the Ice For Kids Arena. The scoreless deadlock was broken just past the midway point of the third period when Claire Sandelovich’s shorthanded shot from the slot […]
Lucas Punkari With a strong performance at both ends of the ice here Saturday night, the Muskie boys’ hockey team find themselves with a chance to capture their seventh-straight NorWOSSA crown. Following a 4-0 shutout over the Kenora Broncos in their one-game semi-final showdown, the black-and-gold earned the right to […]
Lucas Punkari In playoff hockey, the team that steps up their game the most from how they played during the regular season usually comes out victorious. That exact scenario played out Monday night at the Ice For Kids Arena here as the second-seeded Muskie girls’ hockey team skated to a […]
Lucas Punkari With less than two weeks left in the SIJHL regular season, the Fort Frances Lakers have made it perfectly clear to the rest of their rivals that they want to start the post-season with the second seed. Heading into a clash with Dryden here last night (the outcome […]
Lucas Punkari After their annual loop of tournaments in North Dakota and Minnesota, the Fort Frances Midget ‘AA’ Canadians will finish off their season with a unique opportunity when they participate in the Niagara Falls Championship Cup hockey tournament March 15-17 in New York. “We’ve never been down there before […]
Staff The Muskie girls’ hockey team turned in one of their strongest performances of the season when it mattered the most last night. The black-and-gold advanced to the NorWOSSA final after dumping the Dryden Eagles 5-1 in their one-game semi-final showdown at the Ice For Kids Arena here. With goalie […]
Staff Jon Carlson’s point blast in overtime propelled the Fort Frances Lakers to a 4-3 victory over the Dryden Ice Dogs here Friday night. With Len Pelletier off for slashing at the start of the extra frame, the Lakers had some extra space to work with, which set the stage […]
Staff Despite putting in a strong effort throughout the tournament, the Muskie girls’ hockey team was unable to capture a win at the Female World Sport School Challenge in Winnipeg last week. After dropping their first two games in Group “A’ action, the black-and-gold fell 14-3 to eventual champion Edge […]
