Joey Payeur Tim Nordin already has his ticket into one provincial championship, but he wouldn’t have minded putting a second one in the bank. Nordin and his rink of third Don DeBenedet, second Butch Wensley, and lead Dave Bondett fell 6-4 to Larry Chepsiuk of the Fort William Curling Club […]
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Joey Payeur The scent of blood lay upon the frozen water–the ideal scenario for a Shark attack. The Gillons’ Sharks were ferocious predators when it counted most, scoring the last four goals of the game en route to a 7-2 win over the West End Bruins (Thunder Bay) in the […]
Joey Payeur Come on, baby, finish what you started. Van Halen sang it and yesterday Jace Baldwin lived it by scoring the Fort Frances Lakers’ first goal of the game and then its last to clinch a 5-4 shootout victory over the first-place Wisconsin Wilderness. Baldwin’s breakaway beauty, followed by […]
Joey Payeur With hospitality like that, it’s no wonder the Muskie boys’ hockey team makes certain to schedule an annual trip to see one of its alumni. The Muskies played their last game before exam break with a sense of purpose, dominating the host Lafayette Eagles 6-0 in an exhibition […]
Staff Fort Frances native Steve Arpin was voted as the Canadian Racer Competing at the Highest Level of International Competition in the Inside Track Readers’ Choice Awards. The 27-year-old was among those honoured at the Canadian Motorsports Expo at Toronto’s International Centre on Saturday. Brantford, Ont.’s Jordan Szoke was chosen […]
Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Thunderhawks put a different spin on the old philosophical question about if a tree falls in the forest and there’s nobody around, does it makes a sound? They decided to chop down the Dakota College at Bottineau Lumberjacks instead, who landed with a pair of […]
Joey Payeur Usually, the person running the sound booth during hockey games spins up tempo numbers in the rock-and-roll and rap genres during stoppages in play. Yesterday at the Ice For Kids Arena, however, the theme of “Jaws” would have been more appropriate. The Gillons’ Sharks closed out the scoring […]
Press Release Thirteen pairs of duplicate bridge contestants entered the annual “Icebox Days” international competition over in International Falls this past Sunday (Jan. 16). Dolly Lemieux and Don Zucchiatti of Fort Frances captured first place with 62 points. Only a half-point behind were Ralph and Kathy Awe of the Falls. […]
Staff The Muskies edged the Rendez-Vous 56-53 in local men’s basketball league action Wednesday night. Justin Anderson led the Muskies with 22 points while Toby Munro netted 14 for the Vous. The late game saw Boston Pizza dump Taggs 76-48. Adrian Chapman had 29 points to pace BP, with Todd […]
Staff One group of Muskie hoopsters survived the bear attack. The other couldn’t scale the tree high enough to avoid being mauled. The Fort High senior boys looked solid in a 66-51 win over the Lake of the Woods Bears in Baudette on Tuesday in an exhibition game that served […]
Staff One period was all the Muskie girls’ hockey team needed to capture themselves a bearskin rug to keep warm on the ride home. The black-and-gold did all their damage in the second period en route to a 4-0 shutout over the Lake of the Woods Bears in exhibition action […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers made sure one hiccup in their recent run of success didn’t blossom into a full-blown losing skid. Blake Boaz netted the eventual game-winner in the second period as the Lakers downed the host Sioux Lookout Flyers 3-1 last night. Jon Sinclair and Jaret Leclair (empty-netter) […]
