Staff Young soccer players in Fort Frances wanting to get their kicks might get a chance to do it for a little longer this year. Fort Frances Youth Soccer will hold its annual registration on March 8-9 from 6-8 p.m. at the Memorial Sports Centre (a pair of late registration […]
Local Sports
Staff Local swimmer Donovan Taylor put together three sixth-place finishes at the Junior Short Course provincials in Etobicoke over the weekend. The 15-year-old ended up sixth in the 200m backstroke (2:11.05), 200m IM (2:11.90), and 400m IM (4:45.32), setting personal bests in each one. Taylor cut significant time from his […]
Dan Falloon Just moments after a heart-breaking 50-49 loss at the hands of the Sir Winston Churchill Trojans in the third-and-deciding game of the NWOSSAA final here Saturday afternoon, the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team already was looking on the bright side. Muskie sharpshooter Justin Anderson, who helped keep Fort […]
Dan Falloon They had been expecting to be linemates this season—but Graham Dyck and Kyle Turgeon didn’t anticipate they’d have to go to Portage la Prairie, Man. to do it. Dyck, 20, from Atikokan, and Turgeon, 19, of Fort Frances had played for the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres from 2007-09, […]
Dan Falloon The Red Lake Rams were a pretty good cure for what ailed the Muskie boys’ hockey team late in the regular season. The black-and-gold easily swept the NorWOSSA semi-final series by scores of 13-2 here on Friday night and then 8-2 in Red Lake on Sunday. The win […]
Dan Falloon Anniss Seid has a surprise packed up and ready to go. The local junior squash player will compete in the Ontario Winter Games beginning tomorrow in Sudbury, and he feels he’s better equipped to give his competitors a challenge this time around. “I think I’ll do all right,” […]
Dan Falloon If hockey games were 40 minutes long, the Muskie girls’ hockey team would be off to the NorWOSSA final. Unfortunately for the black-and-gold, games are at least 60 minutes—and that’s the one little detail that ended Fort High’s season. The Muskies’ had jumped ahead of their semi-final opponent, […]
Dan Falloon The Fort Frances Lakers are looking to Team Canada’s dramatic 3-2 overtime win over the United States in Sunday’s Olympic gold-medal game as inspiration heading into their first-round playoff series with the K&A Wolverines of Thunder Bay. Head coach Wayne Strachan said his team will look to garner […]
Dan Falloon Judy LaBelle surprised even herself at the senior women’s provincial playdowns in Blind River last week. She and her rink of third Mary Beth Tkachuk, second Maureen Thomson, and lead Trudy Badiuk came in with a goal of winning three games. But the team won four—and a fifth […]
Dan Falloon The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team shouldn’t have any trouble remembering the Trojans. But that’s not to say the Trojans won’t have some fleeting memories of the black-and-gold, as well. Sir Winston Churchill (Thunder Bay) emerged with a thrilling 2-1 victory in the best-of-three NWOSSAA final here, including […]
Dan Falloon Girls ousted by Broncos Being able to stymie Rams is one thing. Clipping Eagles will be another. The Muskie boys’ hockey team swept the Red Lake Rams 2-0 in their best-of-three NorWOSSA semi-final to advance to the league final against the Dryden Eagles. The black-and-gold pummelled Red Lake […]
Staff There was only one opponent that Judy LaBelle couldn’t conquer at the senior women’s provincial playdowns in Blind River over the weekend. LaBelle and her rink of third Mary Beth Tkachuk, second Maureen Thomson, and lead Trudy Badiuk fell twice to Sudbury’s Vicky Barrett, including 9-2 in yesterday’s final, […]
