Lucas Punkari After opening their season with an unbeaten record en route to winning their home tournament, the Muskie girls’ hockey team was looking to have another solid performance at the Sturgeon Heights Husky Female Hockey Classic in Winnipeg over the weekend. Despite finishing the tournament with a 2-3 mark, […]
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Staff The Sioux Lookout Flyers continue to be a thorn in the side of the Fort Frances Lakers so far this season. The Flyers snapped the Lakers’ four-game winning streak, and a run of five-straight home victories, with a 4-3 shootout win at the Ice For Kids Arena here Friday […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team started their season on a winning note at a tournament in Dryden over the weekend. Chris Bobczynski scored a pair of goals to help the black-and-gold to a 7-1 victory over Transcona in the final on Saturday. Fort High finished the round-robin portion of […]
Staff It was a successful day in Kenora yesterday afternoon as three of the four Muskie court team came away with victories in their final regular-season contests against the Broncos before the NorWOSSA playoffs. The junior girls’ basketball squad extended their winning streak to six thanks to a 30-20 victory […]
Lucas Punkari For the first time since the days of the old NorWOSSA league, the Muskie football team has won a playoff game. The black-and-gold, who finished in fifth place in the Currie Division during the regular season, upset the fourth-place St. Norbert Celtics 15-8 yesterday afternoon at Canad Inns […]
Lucas Punkari The seesaw battle for first place in the SIJHL between the Fort Frances Lakers and Wisconsin Wilderness swung back in favour of the local team Tuesday night in Chisholm thanks to a 7-2 win over the expansion Iron Range Ironheads. In addition to again leading the seven-team loop […]
Staff The Muskie court teams welcomed the Dryden Eagles to Fort High on Tuesday afternoon as all four looked to improve their NorWOSSA records. But when the dust settled, only the junior girls’ basketball squad came away with a victory, cruising to a 42-27 win. Keira Lindgren led the black-and-gold […]
Lucas Punkari Although the main focus is to improve before the NorWOSSA playoffs Nov. 10 in Dryden, the Muskie senior and junior boys’ volleyball teams are looking forward to tournaments in Winnipeg this coming weekend. “It should be a lot of fun,” enthused Grade 12 left-sided power hitter Gavin Moorhouse. […]
Lucas Punkari A trip to the Lakehead was well worth it for the Muskie girls’ basketball teams over the weekend as both came away with third-place finishes at their respective tournaments. Rebounding from earlier losses to Hammarskjold and St. Ignatius, the senior squad defeated NorWOSSA rival Kenora 21-16 in overtime […]
Staff Hunters are reminded there’s been a change to regulations with regards to possessing loaded firearms on roadways. The regulation states that during the open-gun season for deer, a person shall not possess a loaded firearm on the travelled portion of a road, or the land between the travelled portion […]
the MNR An Illinois man was fined $2,000 for having too many walleye in his possession. Andrew Coates, of Frankfort, pleaded guilty to having 13 walleye over the legal limit. Court heard that on July 24, a conservation officer was performing a routine inspection on Little Pine Lake near Highway […]
Staff The Fort Frances PeeWee ‘AA’ Canadians opened their season Saturday with a 2-2 draw in an exhibition game versus the host Dryden Paper Kings. Hunter Koles and Chase McGuire both scored for the Canadians, which was unresolved despite an overtime period. Both teams will be squaring off again this […]
