Staff A local contingent of youth bowlers proved to be successful at the provincial round of the Northern Ontario Youth Challenge in Sturgeon Falls (near North Bay) over the weekend. The Sunset Country boys’ squad ended up winning the competition, racking up 23 points to narrowly edge out Gold Belt […]
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Staff It was a bit of a reversal for the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team at their home tournament over the weekend. After romping their way to gold last year, the black-and-gold—hit by a plethora of promotions to the senior squad—finished winless this time around. In their first action of […]
Dan Falloon The Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team already is on track—and the NorWOSSA season hasn’t even started yet. Head coach Jason Cain is thrilled with how his squad is looking in practice so far this year. The black-and-gold have a solid foundation to work with as the seven returning […]
Dan Falloon The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team hasn’t even seen game action yet but an injury already is throwing a wrench into its plans. Veteran setter Mikaela Kroeker, expected to be a cornerstone of the squad, was injured last week. And that has head coach Duane Roen scrambling to […]
Press Release The Fort Frances BP Royals PeeWee ‘AA’ squad went 3-1 this past weekend in winning the 2010 International Falls PeeWee ‘A’ Hockey Classic. Game one of the round-robin series saw the BP Royals face host International Falls, who skated away with a 3-1 win. In game two against […]
Dan Falloon A surprise superstar tripped up the Muskie boys’ basketball team at the Westgate tournament in Thunder Bay over the weekend. The black-and-gold lost 60-47 to eventual champion Superior in the opening game of the tournament, but then rebounded with wins of 47-42 versus St. Ignatius and 75-45 over […]
Dan Falloon The Fort Frances Lakers certainly conquered the first half of the SIJHL season—emerging atop the six-team loop at the midway point. Granted, the expansion Wisconsin Wilderness are just a point behind with two games in hand, but the local Junior ‘A’ squad still is a force to be […]
Dan Falloon Christmas has come early for the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club. The local club’s cross-country skiing and snowshoeing trails on Rocky Inlet Road already have been open for a week-and-a-half—well ahead of schedule. “We’ve got probably the earliest start ever,” enthused club president Jim Krag. “We’re off to […]
Dan Falloon Coach Shawn Jourdain felt the Muskie boys’ hockey team played well enough to be in the final of the Genesis Hospitality High School hockey tournament in Brandon, Man. over the weekend. However, the team was just a goal short as they fell 7-6 to the Winnipeg powerhouse Oak […]
Dan Falloon It’s been a pretty consistent script for the Muskie girls’ hockey team on home ice so far this season. Fall behind early, then attempt to mount a valiant comeback—only to fall short by a goal in the end. That was the case here Friday night as Fort High […]
Staff Fort Frances Lakers’ forward Byron Katapaytuk is on fire right now—and the SIJHL is taking notice. Katapaytuk recorded five goals and two assists in two games over the weekend to earn his second-straight nod as the league’s player of the week. That included a hat trick in Friday’s 6-3 […]
Dan Falloon The Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team already is on track—and the NorWOSSA season hasn’t even started yet. Head coach Jason Cain is thrilled with how his squad is looking in practice so far this year. The black-and-gold have a solid foundation to work with as the seven returning […]
