Staff Spikers see silver finish The hoops were golden for both Muskie boys’ basketball teams Friday in Dryden. The senior boys thumped the Kenora Broncos 66-36 in their NorWOSSA final while the juniors bombed the host Eagles 71-34 in theirs. The seniors now advance to the NWOSSAA playoffs beginning this […]
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Dan Falloon Theoren Fleury, an NHL star who garnered nearly as many headlines for his personal life as for his on-ice career, will visit here next month to talk about making positive choices. Fleury, who spent 15 seasons in the NHL with the Calgary Flames, Colorado Avalanche, N.Y. Rangers, and […]
Dan Falloon Giving up late leads has become a nasty habit for the Muskie girls’ hockey team. The black-and-gold were tripped up 7-4 by the host Dryden Eagles on Tuesday night for their second-straight defeat after another collapse in the third period. Fort High (6-6) had fallen 6-5 to Kenora […]
Staff One Muskie curling rink punched its ticket to the NWOSSAA playoffs yesterday while the other fell just short. Tirza Keffer’s girls’ rink earned NorWOSSA silver yesterday at the Rainy River Curling Club, posting a 4-1 record during the round-robin. But Ethan Jordbro was eliminated from further contention in the […]
Dan Falloon The Fort Frances Lakers finally got their pistols blazing in the shootout. After scoring only once in the shootout in three previous losses in the penalty-shot contest, two of three Lakers scored here Tuesday night as Fort Frances held off the Sioux Lookout Flyers 6-5. Justin Erhart and […]
Staff Jodi Judd will be back to defend her title at the annual ladies’ bonspiel coming up this weekend at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Organizers still were hoping to fill out the 24-team field ahead of tomorrow’s entry deadline. The first draw tentatively is scheduled to start Friday at […]
Staff Husband-and-wife Bob and Mary-Beth Tkachuk showed they’re not just squash coaches at the Wes Derksen Open at the Memorial Sports Centre over the weekend. Bob took home the men’s ‘B’ division crown while Mary Beth conquered all comers on the ladies’ side. Bob Tkachuk reached the final by sweeping […]
Staff The Fort Frances Canadians rebounded from an opening-night loss to win three-straight at a tournament in Grand Rapids, Mn. over the weekend. The rally allowed the local Midget ‘AA’ team to capture the consolation final with a 2-1 win over the hosts. The Canadians kicked off the tournament with […]
Ken Johnston Even though they did earn a trip to the Tim Hortons Brier next month in Halifax, the Tim Nordin rink had a solid showing at the provincial men’s playdowns last week in Sudbury. Skip Tim Nordin, who curls out of Rainy River Curling Club, along with third Mitch […]
Dan Falloon The Fort Frances Lakers can breathe a sigh of relief, for now. The squad wrapped up its season series with the league-leading Fort William North Stars with a pair of bombs, falling 5-0 there Friday night and 7-2 on Saturday. “It was a rough weekend for us, for […]
Dan Falloon It should have been a statement game. On home ice, with sole possession of second place in NorWOSSA’s ‘AA’ division on the line, the Muskie girls’ hockey team gave up a pair of two-goal leads en route to a 6-5 loss to the Kenora Broncos on Saturday night. […]
Staff A weekend of winter fun is all lined up as the 28th-annual Nestor Falls Winter Carnival is set to run on the first weekend in March. “It’s a weekend of fun activities for the entire family,” enthused Howard Dodd of the Nestor Falls recreation committee, which organizes the annual […]
