Staff Kermit the Frog once sang “It’s Not Easy Being Green.” But a group of PeeWee pucksters showed this past weekend it’s pretty sweet being Green’s. Matt Cheetham netted the lone goal of the shootout to give Green’s a 4-3 win Sunday over the Current River Ice Comets (Thunder Bay) […]
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Staff For heart-pounding finishes, it would be almost impossible to top Saturday night’s thriller the Muskie boys’ hockey team experienced in Morden, Man. Matt DePiero capitalized on a turnover in the offensive zone and scored the game-winner with one second left in regulation time, giving the Muskies a scintillating 3-2 […]
Staff A promising pre-season didn’t translate into a positive beginning to the new NorWOSSA season for the Muskie girls’ hockey team. The black-and-gold absorbed identical 6-3 losses on the weekend—first on the road Friday night in Kenora and then Saturday night at the Ice for Kids Arena in their home-opener […]
Staff The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team used suffocating defence and a balanced scoring attack to throttle the host Kenora Broncos 28-12 in their NorWOSSA final yesterday. The black-and-gold now advance to the best-of-three NWOSSAA championship for the first time in five years against the winner of the Thunder Bay […]
Staff A solid first period figured to be just the elixir to cure what has been ailing the Fort Frances Lakers of late. Instead, all it did was wake up their opponent. The Sioux Lookout Flyers scored four-straight times after falling behind early to come away with a 5-3 victory […]
Press Release Pegamigaabo School at Big Grassy River First Nation concluded its fourth season of cross-country running Oct. 29 with a race on their home course. Leading the 18 boys in the field was CJ Kelly from Onigaming School in a time of 24:39. The top girl was Karma Andy, […]
the MNR An Ohio man must pay $4,400 for a range of fishing offences. John W. Andrix Jr., of Galena, was convicted under the Ontario Fishery Regulations and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act. His fines include $2,400 for possessing 12 walleye over the legal daily possession limit of four, […]
Staff The ice at the Memorial Sports Centre will be flooded with proficient PeeWee pucksters this weekend. A total of 12 teams will battle it out for the championship at the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s PeeWee ‘A’ tournament, which begins Friday morning and wraps up Sunday afternoon. Four Fort […]
Staff In a day full of fast and furious action, the St. Francis Sentinels proved to be the fastest and most furious. St. Francis finished off a terrific tournament for themselves by sweeping the Riverview Royals (Rainy River) in the best-of-three final of the Grade 8 boys’ volleyball tournament held […]
Mary-Beth Tkachuk Four members of the Sunset Country Squash Club attended the Jane Sanders Memorial ladies’ squash tournament held Friday and Saturday in Winnipeg. The format for the annual tournament is team play, with eight teams of four players of varying skill levels playing three best-of-five matches. One of the […]
Press Release Former Muskie football coach Jack Cameron recently was honoured during half-time ceremonies of a Winnipeg High School Football League game in Winnipeg. Cameron was inducted into the WHSFL’s Hall of Fame as a player for the Sisler Spartans, where he had been selected as an all-star on both […]
Press Release Mark Loveday recorded two more shutouts as the Shattuck-St. Mary’s Bantam boys’ hockey team swept a three-game series against the South Dakota state all-stars. South Dakota was unable to keep Shattuck-St. Mary’s at bay while exceptional goaltending by Loveday led to wins of 7-0, 9-0, and 7-1. Next […]
