Staff The Fort Frances Thunderhawks couldn’t strike the Manitoba Lightning twice over the weekend. The local senior ‘AAA’ squad earned a 4-1 victory here Saturday night, but their comeback fell short yesterday as the visitors held on for a 6-5 win. The Lightning blitzed the T’hawks in the early going […]
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Staff The local Wednesday night men’s basketball league has started to even out. After the Muskies and Taggs were the story of the first three weeks of the season, both lost Wednesday night to tighten the standings. First, La Place Rendez-Vous beat the Muskies 59-52. Toby Munro led the Vous […]
Staff A pair of Muskie court teams came home with victories yesterday. The senior boys’ basketball squad improved to 2-0 in NorWOSSA play with a 68-30 thrashing of the host Kenora Broncos. Justin Anderson led the way with 18 points while Caleb McIntosh had 17. Will Anderson and Josh Strain […]
Staff The Muskie girls’ hockey team played its second league game in Kenora—and came away with an eerily similar result. Jessica Taggart tallied in the opening period to put Fort High up 1-0, but the Broncos came back with three-straight goals to secure a 3-1 win. With the loss, the […]
Staff Another night, another Fort Frances Lakers’ comeback negated in extra time. The local junior ‘A’ squad (19-10-3) dropped its fourth-straight game, falling 5-4 to the host Dryden Ice Dogs (21-12-0) last night. The skid is the team’s longest since dropping its final five games of the 2009-10 regular season. […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team suffered its first loss of the NorWOSSA season Tuesday night in Kenora, falling 6-4 to the host Broncos. Fort High (3-1) had won its first three match-ups against Kenora counting tournament and league play, but the Broncos (4-1) got the better of the black-and-gold […]
Press Release St. Francis School is very proud of the excellent play of both its Grade 8 girls’ and boys’ volleyball teams. The girls’ squad, after winning tournaments earlier this year in Atikokan and at J.W. Walker School, made it three-for-three by capturing the regional championship held Nov. 27 at […]
the MNR An Illinois man has been fined $2,000 for shooting a moose from a road and leaving the carcass to spoil. Michael Steward of Belvidere pleaded guilty to discharging a firearm on or across a road and abandoning the moose carcass. In addition to the fine, Steward is banned […]
Dan Falloon For the first time since 2008, a trio of Muskie rinks will be hitting the ice in the quest for curling glory. Fort High consistently has had both a boys’ and a girls’ rink, but Luke Esselink is skipping a mixed squad for the first time in three […]
Press Release This past weekend, the local PeeWee girls’ team, the Lakewood Tire Eagles, proved too much for anyone to handle at the “Fire on Ice” tournament in Emo. Opening play Friday with a convincing 4-0 win over a much-improved and well-coached Emo Predators team, Rachel Jean opened the scoring […]
Staff There won’t be any local flavour at the provincial Scotties Tournament of Hearts this year. A trio of locally-connected curlers—each playing on different rinks—were unable to topple Krista McCarville’s crew from Fort William Curling Club at the NOCA provincial playdowns in Nipigon over the weekend. Ashley Kallos’ Fort William […]
Press Release Melanie Scott, who plays defence for the Muskie girls’ hockey team, has signed a letter of intent to suit up for the Rainy River Community College women’s hockey squad for the 2011/12 season. “Melanie brings with her a great work ethic and the desire to continually improve her […]
