Staff The Muskie junior girls’ basketball team probably wishes it could have turned in Friday’s performance on Saturday. The black-and-gold romped to a 49-5 win over St. Pat’s in the opener of their home tournament, then steamrolled Westgate in a 58-14 rout later in the day. Fort High was unable […]
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Dan Falloon The Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship is a go for 2011. At an emergency meeting last night at the Memorial Sports Centre, about 15 locals heeded the call to salvage the tournament, opting to take on board positions in order to start planning for the 17th-annual event next […]
Staff They’ve only just started practising, and aren’t even scheduled to play their first game until December, but the Fort Frances Thunderhawks already know they’ll be playing on the national stage at season’s end. T’hawks GM Dean Bruyere confirmed yesterday that Hockey Canada has approved the team’s spot in the […]
Staff The Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team pulled off a pretty good showing at a tournament in Dryden, but couldn’t quite make the weekend as long as they had hoped. The black-and-gold fell in straight sets to Red Lake in the semi-finals after winning seven of 10 sets during round-robin […]
Dan Falloon The Muskie girls’ senior basketball team only was able to muster one win at a tournament in Thunder Bay over the weekend, but they very well could have come home with a 2-1 record. The black-and-gold opened with a victory over Superior, winning by a double-digit margin (the […]
Dan Falloon Local swimmers got the 2010-11 season off to the right start Saturday as several brought home gold medals and personal bests from a meet in Dryden. Limited to four races apiece, three Fort Frances Aquanauts—Donovan Taylor, Levi Rittau, and Katja Sutherland—posted clean sweeps by winning each of their […]
Dan Falloon In a sense, it was a good tournament that got the Muskie junior girls’ basketball team into a bit of a funk. Now head coach Dan Bird is hoping another solid showing will help jolt the black-and-gold out of it. The Muskies went 2-1 to capture the consolation […]
Dan Falloon Getting the chance to play on an exclusive course, with $30,000 per year memberships, very well may end up being a once-in-a-lifetime experience for the Muskie boys’ golf team. However, the pricey Barrie Country Club course also led to some tough times at the all-Ontarios for the black-and-gold, […]
Dan Falloon Getting the chance to play on an exclusive course, with $30,000 per year memberships, very well may end up being a once-in-a-lifetime experience for the Muskie boys’ golf team. However, the pricey Barrie Country Club course also led to some tough times at the all-Ontarios for the black-and-gold, […]
Dan Falloon Playing on professional turf didn’t add any extra powers to the Muskie football team Friday afternoon in Winnipeg. However, it very well may have had an effect on the Sisler Spartans. The Spartans (2-3-1) cruised to a 34-0 shutout over the Muskies (1-5) at Canad Inns Stadium (home […]
Dan Falloon After playing seven of their first nine games on home ice, the Fort Frances Lakers went on their first road trip of the 2010-11 season this past week. And all things considered, the Lakers (7-5) performed well, earning a 5-2 win over Dryden last Tuesday and a 4-2 […]
Dan Falloon There will be home cooking aplenty as the Muskie girls’ hockey team opens its season with its annual home tournament at the Ice For Kids Arena this weekend. The black-and-gold will play at least four games in 48 hours, and head coach Mel Langtry is sure the weekend […]
