Lucas Punkari It may have been a quarter-of-a-century since a local rink represented Northern Ontario at the Canadian senior curling championships, but watching the field at this year’s provincial playdowns in Fort Frances brought back a flood of memories for Walter Avis. “To win a championship, and to be able […]
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Lucas Punkari They were the top two teams in the SIJHL during the regular season and come Friday night, the Wisconsin Wilderness and Fort Frances Lakers will be going at it once again. The squads will be battling it out in a pair of two-game, total-goal series over the next […]
Lucas Punkari With the NorWOSSA champion Dryden Eagles already having earned a berth to the all-Ontarios thanks to their silver medal-winning performance at last year’s ‘AA’ event, the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball squad had a second chance to advance the provincial championship as they squared off with the St. Ignatius […]
Lucas Punkari With the bitter taste of last year’s 51-50 loss in Game 3 of the NWOSSAA final to the Sir Winston Churchill Trojans still etched in their memories, the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team was looking to avenge that loss against the Superior Gryphons in Thunder Bay this past […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team will have its playoff life on the line here tonight. The top squad during the NorWOSSA regular season finds itself knotted at a game apiece in their best-of-three semi-final series with the fourth-seeded Rams, who stunned the black-and-gold 9-5 yesterday afternoon in Red Lake. […]
Staff With the SIJHL regular season now in the books, the Fort Frances Lakers are preparing to kick off their post-season run this weekend against the league-leading Wisconsin Wilderness. The top two teams from the regular season are squaring off in a pair of two-game, total-goal mini series, with the […]
Lucas Punkari Boys’ squad leads Rams After a tightly-contested regular-season series between the two teams, the Muskie and Dryden Eagles girls’ hockey squads have carried their back-and-forth contests into the post-season. Splitting the first two games of their best-of-three NorWOSSA semi-final, the two squads now will battle it out tomorrow […]
Lucas Punkari The latest sets of purple hearts were handed out yesterday at the Fort Frances Curling Club as the 2011 senior provincial men’s and women’s champs were crowned after a weekend of tight action. In the men’s final, Eric Harnden (Sudbury Curling Club) edged Ken Anderson (Red Lake) 6-5 […]
Lucas Punkari In a showdown between Fort Frances Curling Club rinks last night, it was Judy LaBelle coming away with an 9-8 win over Roz Broman in the second draw of the senior women’s provincial playdowns here. After jumping out to a 9-2 lead through five ends, LaBelle watched as […]
Lucas Punkari After a gut-wrenching loss to the Dryden Ice Dogs in their home finale Tuesday evening, the Fort Frances Lakers were determined to end their SIJHL regular season on a winning note last night in Sioux Lookout. Trailing 2-1 heading into the third period, the Lakers came roaring out […]
Staff Two Fort Frances Atom ‘A’ teams squared off in the final of a tournament in Emo last weekend. When the dust settled, Gillons’ Sharks skated away with a 5-1 win over the M.E.C. Bulldogs to earn first-place honours. Aiden Morrisseau had a hat trick to pace the Sharks while […]
Staff Taggs moved into sole possession of first place in the local men’s basketball league after dumping La Place Rendez-Vous 82-63 on Wednesday night at Fort High. Dustin Mowe led Taggs, which now sports an 8-3 record for the season, with a 20-point outing. Nate Berlin netted 20 points for […]
