Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team continued its winning ways Saturday in Dryden, prevailing 3-1 in the final of a tournament hosted by the Eagles. Having finished second in the round-robin with a 2-1 record, the final proved to be a lot tighter than a 7-2 romp by the Muskies […]
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Staff The Muskie hockey teams had the proverbial mixed bags of results Tuesday as both took on the Kenora Broncos in NorWOSSA action. The boys’ squad improved to 2-0 on the young season with a wild 8-7 win in Kenora. After taking a 3-1 lead in the first period, and […]
Lucas Punkari As the NHL lockout drags on, the effects are beginning to be felt in other places than the highest level of hockey in North America. The cancellation of this year’s “Winter Classic” kiboshed planned outdoor contests for OHL and NCAA teams in Detroit next month. And now the […]
Lucas Punkari With the Fort Frances Curling Club having moved up its annual men’s bonspiel to November from its regular February date in previous years, Raymond Roy was able to make history Saturday night. Having captured the bonspiel title back in February with a 7-6 win over Lorne Jackson, Roy […]
Lucas Punkari It was a game that defied description—and left both coaches scratching their heads. But when the dust settled at the Ice For Kids Arena here Sunday afternoon, it was the host Fort Frances Canadians who captured the 48th-annual local Bantam ‘AA’ tournament crown after a dramatic 10-9 victory […]
Lucas Punkari Although the race for second place in the SIJHL remains very volatile at this point in the 2012/13 regular season, the Fort Frances Lakers certainly didn’t need the showing they had this past week. Coming off a 5-1 win over the Thunder Bay North Stars here back on […]
Lucas Punkari After a Cinderella playoff run to advance to the NWOSSAA championship, the clock struck midnight on the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team. The surprising NorWOSSA champs ran up against the three-time Thunder Bay champion St. Ignatius Falcons in the best two-out-of-three series over the weekend in the Lakehead, […]
Staff The Muskie girls’ hockey team earned a pair of road wins over the weekend. The black-and-gold doubled the Proctor Rails 4-2 in an exhibition contest Saturday, then defeated Sioux Lookout in a lopsided NorWOSSA affair yesterday. With that win, Fort High improved to 2-0 in league play as they […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers suddenly find themselves in a tie for fourth place with the Minnesota Iron Rangers after dropping a pair of games to the Iron Rangers and the Minnesota Wilderness over the weekend. Both the Lakers and Iron Rangers have 21 points to sit three back of […]
Staff The Cinderella run by the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team ended over weekend in Thunder Bay as the NorWOSSA champs were swept by the St. Ignatius Falcons in the best-of-three NWOSSAA playoffs. The host Falcons opened with a 51-19 win Friday afternoon. Then they sealed the championship—and a trip […]
Lucas Punkari Both Muskie hockey teams began their 2012/13 NorWOSSA campaigns on a winning note here Tuesday night, earning victories over the Dryden Eagles. At the Ice For Kids Arena, the boys’ squad opened its quest for a seventh-straight league title with a convincing 7-2 thumping of the Eagles. “We […]
Lucas Punkari When looking over the schedule for the Ontario Soccer Association’s Long-Term Player Development (LTPD) consultation meetings, the Town of Fort Frances sticks out compared to places like Toronto and Ottawa. But according to OSA president Ron Smale, coming to places like Fort Frances is important in making sure […]
