Lucas Punkari After coming off two successful swim meets in Thunder Bay and Winnipeg, Donovan Taylor now is heading east for his next competition. The 16-year old will be a member of Team Ontario at the 2011 Eastern Canadian Tri-Meet this Saturday, where he’ll be lining up against swimmers from […]
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Lucas Punkari It’s been a long-term process with many growing pains, but there are signs on the horizon that the Muskie football program again could be a tough one to beat. “It’ll be a few years before we get back on track but there are some good signs of recovery,” […]
Staff The 2011 edition of the Rainy River District Fastball League gets underway tonight with all 10 teams in action. In a rematch of last year’s final, the two-time defending champion Sight & Sound Wolves will battle the Barwick Knights. Elsewhere, the Stratton Eagles square off against the Rainy River […]
Lucas Punkari Both Muskie soccer squads are heading into the final NorWOSSA regular-season action in Dryden this Wednesday with momentum on their side following successful performances in tournaments over the weekend. The boys’ squad captured the ‘B’-side title at the Beaver Brae Invitational tournament in Kenora yesterday with a 3-0 […]
Staff The quest for OFSAA gold by the Muskie senior boys’ badminton duo of Robert Stevens and Spencer Pearce came to an end this morning in Aurora. The NWOSSAA champs lost in straight sets (21-19/21-16) to the Toronto tandem of Wayne Fu and Calvin Sy in ‘B’ draw competition, which […]
Lucas Punkari The unblemished record the Muskie boys’ soccer team had enjoyed in NorWOSSA play is no more after falling 2-0 to the host Kenora Broncos yesterday. The loss came just hours after the black-and-gold had cruised to a 4-0 triumph over the Dryden Eagles on goals by Brendan Cawston, […]
Staff The Muskie senior boys’ badminton duo of Robert Stevens and Spencer Pearce began their quest for all-Ontario gold earlier today in Aurora. The NWOSSAA champs opened action this morning against Simon Harmgardt and Trevor Hoff from T.A. Blakelock (Oakville). The outcome was unavailable as of press time. The winner […]
the MNR Two U.S. residents have been fined a total of $1,000 for shooting a deer on posted private land. Peter Flood, of Barre, Vt., and Ronald Comette, of Brookfield, Vt., were fined $800 and $200, respectively, for trespassing to hunt. Court heard that on Nov. 4, 2009, conservation officers […]
Lucas Punkari With the grandstands now clean, the frontstretch wall painted, and the 3/8-mile dirt oval starting to resemble an actual racing surface, all that’s left to do at the Emo Speedway is for the drivers to start turning laps. Local drivers will get such a chance this Saturday afternoon […]
Press Release Former Fort High principal and long-time Muskie football coach, Jack Cameron, was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame on April 28 as a member of the 1963 Dominion football champion St. James Rams. In 2009, Cameron was inducted into the Winnipeg High School Football League Hall […]
Staff They jokingly call themselves the “Tight Butt Run Group” but a contingent local ladies are deadly serious when it comes to their running. Sixty-two of them will be heading to Fargo, N.D. on Saturday, May 21 to take part in the annual Fargo Marathon, which will feature a full […]
Staff While “ice-out” may mark the official sign of spring for most people here in Rainy River District, for others it is when they are able to take their first swing of a golf club. All three local courses officially opened for the 2011 season over the past couple of […]
