Staff In the final set of games before Christmas break, La Place Rendez-Vous continued its winning ways by downing Boston Pizza 63-59 in overtime last night in local men’s basketball league play at Fort High. Leading the way for the Vous, which has won all three of its games so […]
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Staff In a polar opposite to their performances in losses to the Sioux Lookout Flyers and the Dryden Ice Dogs the previous weekend, the Fort Frances Lakers got back on track at the Fort William Gardens on Friday and Saturday night, sweeping the Thunder Bay North Stars 5-2 and 6-3. […]
Staff A NorWOSSA showdown between the Muskie girls’ hockey team and the Red Lake Rams, originally scheduled for this Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Ice For Kids Arena, has been cancelled. No make-up date had been announced as of press time. As such, the next game for the black-and-gold […]
Lucas Punkari In similar fashion to their 8-0 romp over the visiting Red Lake Rams on Saturday night, the Muskie boys’ hockey team got a jump on their opponents here yesterday evening and never let up. The black-and-gold jumped out to a 3-0 first-period lead against the Sioux Lookout Warriors, […]
Staff The Muskie girls’ hockey team beat the host Baudette Bears 4-2 in an exhibition game Tuesday. Taylor Dixon led the way offensively with a pair of goals while Katie Sinclair and Shelby Tymkin added singles. At the other end of the rink, Grade 9 goalie Calie Clendenning earned the […]
VNP Have you always wanted to make your own snowshoes, or perhaps finish a pair you have started? Here is your chance. Join Laurentian Environmental Center’s senior naturalist Jim DeVries as he guides you through a full day of instruction on how to lace snowshoes on Saturday, Feb. 4 from […]
Staff The Emo Bolts PeeWee girls’ hockey team started their season on a winning note, capturing their home tourney on Sunday afternoon. Facing the Lakewood Tire Eagles (Fort Frances) in the final, the Bolts were tied at 1-1 heading into a five-minute overtime. When that solved nothing, the teams played […]
Lucas Punkari All in all, it was a learning experience for the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team over the weekend as they opened their season at the Santa Claus Classic tournament in Dryden. The seniors finished with a 1-4-2 record, with their lone win coming Friday against Dennis Franklin (Thunder […]
Staff The Fort Frances Canadians Midget ‘AA’ hockey team had to settle for second place at a tournament in Duluth over the weekend. The locals advanced to the tourney final Sunday but were beaten 7-2 by Minnetonka. Taylor Fontana and Davis Ross scored for the Canadians while Luke Karlovich led […]
Lucas Punkari In the end, all that was needed to get the offence rolling for the Muskie boys’ hockey team was a little bit of time. After a strong showing at a tournament in Brandon, Man. the previous weekend, the black-and-gold were looking to continue their improving offensive attack in […]
Lucas Punkari It’s a year of change for the Muskie curling rinks in NorWOSSA play as the skip and vice-skip from last year’s mixed squad now are in charge of the boys’ and girls’ squads, respectively. For the boys, returning Grade 12 student Luke Esselink is the skip, with ninth-graders […]
Lucas Punkari Heading into last weekend’s PCI Christmas Classic in Portage la Prairie, Man., Muskie girls’ hockey head coach Scott Clendenning was hoping his team would gain a bit of confidence during their slate of games. When all was said and done, the black-and-gold certainly did that—and then some—as they […]
