Dan Falloon The Fort Frances Lakers’ goal of finishing the regular season in third place took a major hit over the weekend. The local Junior ‘A’ squad traded leading scorer Colton Kennedy and defenceman Conner Foster in separate deals, meaning Fort Frances will march into the playoffs without two of […]
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Staff The Fort Frances Thunderhawks seem to bristle at the thought of the Thistles. The local senior men’s squad lost both games to visiting Kenora this past weekend, falling 5-1 at the Ice For Kids Arena here Saturday before suffering a a 7-3 thumping in a Sunday afternoon matinee in […]
Staff The Muskie junior girls’ volleyball squad may not have a win in NorWOSSA play yet, but they have a medal to show for their efforts after a weekend tournament in Kenora. Fort High’s “Black” squad, which featured the team’s developed players, captured bronze at the “Winter Blast” tourney, winning […]
Dan Falloon At least the Muskie boys’ hockey team is resilient. Even though the black-and-gold turned in a pair of performances that were below expectations last week, they showed their mettle by fending off a losing streak. Fort High fell 4-1 to visiting International Falls on Jan. 5, but bounced […]
Dan Falloon Sometimes it just takes that little bit extra. Even with heavy legs after a jam-packed season so far, the Muskie girls’ hockey team was able to pull away from the Kenora Broncos en route to an 8-5 victory here Friday night. With the score tied 5-5 after two […]
Dan Falloon A pair of Seids headed the Sunset Country Squash Club contingent at the Winnipeg Squash and Racquet Club’s junior tournament on the weekend. Sixteen-year-old Anniss captured the tournament’s top division after blazing his way to a perfect 4-0 record—knocking off the three best competitors Manitoba had to offer […]
Dan Falloon The Fort Frances Lakers are going to have to pull together 50 points of offence—and fast. The Lakers were busy at the SIJHL trading deadline Sunday night, trading top scorer Colton Kennedy and defenceman Conner Foster in separate deals. Kennedy, who led the Lakers (and sat fourth in […]
Staff Judy LaBelle has a ticket to Blind River. The local skip, along with her team of third Nancy Evans, second Mary Beth Tkachuk, and lead Trudy Badiuk, finished tied for first with three other rinks at 3-2 at the senior women’s inter-region 1-2 tournament at the Fort Frances Curling […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers likely are pleased they don’t have to hit the ice in Thunder Bay again anytime soon. The Lakers (8-22-4) lost both games there last week, dropping a 2-0 decision to the K&A Wolverines (12-22-5) on Thursday night before being pummeling 8-3 by the Fort William […]
Staff The Judy LaBelle rink won its opening game at the Region 1&2 men’s and women’s senior playdowns last night at the Fort Frances Curling Club but Ken McKinnon couldn’t do the same. LaBelle dumped Marion Clark (Port Arthur) 9-1 to join Cristiene Hall-Teravainen (Port Arthur) and Barbara Ward (Port […]
Staff Three of the four Muskie court teams left Dryden hung out to dry on Tuesday. The senior boys’ basketball team bounced the host Eagles 41-29 while the junior boys rolled to 48-11 romp. Meanwhile, the junior girls’ volleyball team earned a narrow 3-2 win in their best-of-five match. After […]
Staff While most Canadians only had to sit through one disappointing loss to fierce American rivals Tuesday night, local hockey fans suffered through a pair of them. As the Canadian juniors’ comeback bid against the U.S. fell short out in Saskatoon, the Muskie boys’ squad was on its way to […]
