Staff After an almost two-week hiatus from NorWOSSA play, the four Muskie court teams returned to action yesterday in Kenora, where they ended up splitting their four matches with the Broncos. On the basketball court, Sarah Bagacki had 22 points as the junior girls (4-1) earned their fourth-straight win by […]
Local Sports
the OCOA Despite unseasonably warm weather across most of Ontario, fall is upon us and with fall comes the time for tens of thousands of Ontario residents to participate in a wide variety of hunting opportunities throughout the province. The Ontario Conservation Officers Association (OCOA) wants to remind anyone venturing […]
the MNR Two Kenora men have been fined a total of $3,500 for illegal night hunting. Philip and Norman Mineault pleaded guilty to hunting at night and were fined $1,000 and $2,500, respectively. Philip also is suspended from hunting for one year. Court heard that on Sept. 22, 2009, the […]
Lucas Punkari With a week off from their NorWOSSA schedule, the Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team made the trip to Dryden this past weekend to participate in a tournament to keep their game in find shape. After the final smash was delivered Saturday, the black-and-gold came away with a fourth-place […]
Lucas Punkari The pool at the Memorial Sports Centre will be a beehive of activity this weekend as the Fort Frances Aquanauts host swimmers from across Northwestern Ontario for the Boston Pizza Fall Frolic Invitational. This year’s event marks a change in date from when the meet has been held […]
Lucas Punkari It’s been a few days since Gary Beck was inducted into the inaugural sports Hall of Fame class at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth on Friday with his teammates from the 1974-75 NAIA national championship hockey team, but he’s still wrapping his head around the fact […]
Lucas Punkari The pool at the Memorial Sports Centre will be a beehive of activity this weekend as the Fort Frances Aquanauts host swimmers from across Northwestern Ontario for the Boston Pizza Fall Frolic Invitational. This year’s event marks a change in date from when the meet has been held […]
Lucas Punkari The Muskie football team played the role of party pooper on Friday as it made the trek north to Dryden and defeated the host Eagles 21-17 in the first-ever night game to be played at Harry McMaster Field. With the win, Fort High also improved its record to […]
Lucas Punkari Friday afternoon’s contest between the Muskie girls’ hockey team and the Kenora Broncos not only will mark the kick-off of the home tournament and the season for the black-and-gold, it also will mark the first game that first-year head coach Scott Clendenning will be behind the bench. And […]
Lucas Punkari Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan has wanted his team to play a full 60 minutes all season long, and to start out with the lead instead of fighting to come back during the late stages of a game. After suffering a 5-4 shootout […]
Lucas Punkari There will be a different look both behind the scenes and behind the bench of the Fort Frances Thunderhawks this season as it looks to return to the Allan Cup for a second-straight year in a row and improve on its semi-final showing this past April. This year […]
Lucas Punkari The waiting game for local curlers to take to the ice at the Fort Frances Curling Club will continue until the beginning of next month. Originally scheduled to start last Tuesday (Oct. 11), the opening date for the 2011/12 season first was postponed to Monday, Oct. 24. But […]
