Lucas Punkari Despite a disappointing and quick two-loss exit from the OFSAA ‘AA’ boys’ basketball championships in St. Catharines last week, Muskie head coach Bryce Coyle felt a lot of lessons were learned during Fort High’s first trip to the all-Ontarios since 2001. “The experience of going down there was […]
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Lucas Punkari Fort Frances Lakers’ forward Brett McMahon has a flair for the dramatic. Last February, the then Muskie netted the game-winning goal in overtime against the visiting International Falls Broncos to give the black-and-gold the win in the annual border battle. Fast-forward nearly 13 months later, and McMahon was […]
Lucas Punkari Although a fifth-place finish at the national championships certainly is an accomplishment that shouldn’t be diminished, it easily could be viewed as a letdown for the Rainy River Community College girls’ hockey program. The Voyageurs, who had won three of the last four ACHA Division II titles, fell […]
Lucas Punkari The fine-tuning process was underway for the Muskie boys’ hockey team this week as the black-and-gold prepare for the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ championships next week in Peterborough. Having captured the NorWOSSA crown for the sixth-consecutive season on March 3 after sweeping the Kenora Broncos in the best-of-three final, the […]
Lucas Punkari Having qualified for the Dominion Curling Club Championships in Charlottetown, P.E.I. two years ago, Fort Frances skip Raymond Roy is anxious to make it back to the nationals once again. Roy, along with third Mark Broman, second Butch Wensley, and lead Patrick Briere, began their quest over the […]
Lucas Punkari It might not have been how it was drawn up on paper, but the Fort Frances Lakers came away with the series victory in the 1 vs. 2 showdown affair against the Wisconsin Wilderness this weekend. After dropping the opening leg of the series in Spooner last weekend, […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team has been ranked seventh overall at this year’s OFSAA ‘A/AA’ championships in Peterborough, which will get underway next week. Grouped in Pool ‘E’ (which is the first pool for the ‘A/AA’ division), the black-and-gold’s opening game will be on Wednesday, March 21 at 10:30 […]
Staff Muskie swimmer Donovan Taylor has captured gold at the all-Ontarios for a second-straight year. The 17-year-old cruised to victory in the 200m I.M. yesterday in Milton—finishing five seconds faster than his closest competitor with a time of 2:09.54. It was the same event that Taylor won gold last year. […]
VNP Voyageurs National Park plans to capture up to six adult moose to attach state-of-art GPS collars this month as part of a continuing project to investigate the potential effects of climate change and other factors on the long-term viability of moose in the park. The project is a collaborative […]
Staff The Border Skating Club returned to Fort Frances with a solid performance at the Thunder Bay Open Competition, which took place Feb. 25. Leading the way for the local club were Alina Eldridge and Sophie Potvin-Begin, who both came home with a trio of first-place results. Eldridge finished in […]
Lucas Punkari Fort Frances will be well-represented at this weekend’s Ontario Winter Games, with local squashers and volleyball players competing for Northwestern Ontario in Collingwood. In the volleyball ranks, four members from this year’s Muskie junior girls’ squad—Erika Cochrane, Sierra Cousineau, Cassandra Moffitt, and Carly Taggart—will be teaming up with […]
Press Release It was a good weekend, with the potential for more to come, for members of the 908 Rainy Lake Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron’s marksmanship team. On Saturday, Feb. 25, the team joined three other cadet units competing in the Stage II Zone Marksmanship Match in Vermilion Bay. […]
