Lucas Punkari After a tryout process that left the decision on making cuts a tough one for both coaches, the rosters for the Muskie junior and senior girls’ volleyball squads have been decided. In the senior rank, head coach Duane Roen had 16 players competing for the 12 spots on […]
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Staff Another season of local men’s basketball league play got underway last night at the Fort High gym, with all four teams in action. The first game saw the Rendez-Vous defeat the defending champion Muskies 84-73, in a contest that saw the Vous help the Muskies fill out their roster […]
Staff After allowing two-goal leads to slip away here against the Dryden Ice Dogs on Wednesday night and then the league-leading Wisconsin Wilderness on Friday, the Fort Frances Lakers made sure that situation didn’t repeat itself yesterday afternoon. The Lakers jumped in front early and never looked back as they […]
Staff A pair of rinks with local ties have punched their tickets to the Northern Ontario junior provincial playdowns next month in Sioux Lookout. Jessica Haw of Stratton advanced after finishing in a tie for first place with a 4-1 record at the Region 1 playdowns at the Keewatin Curling […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team ran into a hot goalie at the most inopportune time yesterday. The black-and-gold were blanked 3-0 by Selkirk in the ‘B’-side final of the Victoria Inn tournament in Brandon, Man. Despite peppering the net with shot after shot, Selkirk goalie Travis Schalk stymied every […]
Staff After a trio of exhibition games against the West End Bruins (Thunder Bay) two weekends ago, the Fort Frances Midget ‘AA’ Canadians are set to host the fifth-annual Gus Lindberg Memorial tournament this weekend. “There are going to be some good, tough hockey teams that will be coming here […]
Lucas Punkari Having talked about the need to improve his team’s blueline over the last few weeks, Fort Frances Lakers’ general manager/head coach Wayne Strachan went about doing just that yesterday, completing a pair of transactions that brought in two defencemen and one forward. “It’s been no secret that our […]
Staff Jessica Haw’s rink from Stratton is vying for a berth at next month’s Northern Ontario junior curling playdowns. The district foursome is competing against three other rinks at the Region 1 playdowns this weekend at the Keewatin Curling Club. Haw, along with third Kaylee Heyens, second Maria Vandenbrand, and […]
Staff The Muskie girls’ hockey team has fallen into a slump in NorWOSSA play as of late. The black-and-gold lost their third-straight game with a 5-4 loss to the host Dryden Eagles on Tuesday night. Amy Penner, Shilo Beck, Kaily Greengrass, and Ericka Tymkin scored in the loss, which dropped […]
Lucas Punkari It’s often said a two-goal lead is the most difficult to defend in hockey, and that’s something the Fort Frances Lakers found out first-hand last night. The Lakers saw their multi-goal cushion evaporate on two separate occasions at the hands of the visiting Dryden Ice Dogs, who skated […]
Lucas Punkari Despite completely dominating the Dryden Eagles at the Ice For Kids Arena on Tuesday night, it seemed the Muskie boys’ hockey team was destined to go to another shootout with the score tied 2-2 late in overtime. But with just 14.5 seconds left on the clock, Muskie defenceman […]
Staff Rick Stamarski has advanced to the provincial round of the annual “Pins Over Average” roll-offs. Competing in the five-game zone round in Dryden, Stamarski took third place overall amongst the men by finishing +195 over his average of 209—a mere 31 pins out of first place. Bowling in the […]
