Mitch Calvert The Fort Frances Lakers will be looking to bounce back from three-straight losses when they head up Highway 502 to face the Dryden Ice Dogs tonight. It’s far from time to sound the alarm bells, especially considering this team was assembled in the span of a few weeks […]
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Staff The Muskie court teams lost three of their four matches with the Dryden Eagles yesterday. The junior boys’ volleyball squad got things off on the right foot with a five-set win over the host Eagles by scores of 17-25, 25-20, 22-25, 25-23, and 15-9, improving to 3-0 near the […]
Mitch Calvert Just two weeks ago, the Muskie football team’s season looked to be dead in the water. But a pulse returned in last Thursday’s 33-13 road loss to the Maples Marauders—just one game removed from a forfeit defeat to River East. “Couldn’t be happier with the way the boys […]
Mitch Calvert Blake Boaz won’t always show up on the scoresheet for the Fort Frances Lakers this season, but his impact on the outcome will not go unnoticed by those with an eye for the game. The 18-year-old is a defensive-minded forward who excels at the little things that make […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie golf team failed to use home course familiarity to their advantage at the NWOSSAA championship last Thursday at Heron Landing on Couchiching. The black-and-gold finished in fourth place overall with a four-person total of 369. St. Ignatius (Thunder Bay) earned the lone team berth to the […]
Mitch Calvert The Fort Frances Aquanauts got a jump-start on the upcoming competitive swim season with its in-house time trials last week. And the results were impressive to say the least. “It was unbelievable,” FFAST coach Dawnn Taylor enthused. “I was so happy. “Of the 60 swims, 41 of them […]
Mitch Calvert Taylor Meyers is starting to stand out in OUA soccer play this season—and not just for her height. Meyers is tending goal for the University of Waterloo Warriors’ soccer team and so far has made a good impression on her coach, Peter Mackie. “Taylor has done very well,” […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie football team has its bite back. Despite a 33-13 loss to the Maples Marauders in Winnipeg yesterday to fall to 0-4 on the WHSFL season, the black-and-gold showed plenty of promise just one game removed from a forfeit loss to River East. “Couldn’t be happier with […]
Mitch Calvert Both the Muskie senior and junior girls’ basketball teams improved to 2-0 on the NorWOSSA season with victories over the Kenora Broncos here Monday. The seniors stretched their lead to 23-13 by the midway point of the fourth quarter, but a late push by the Broncos had them […]
Mitch Calvert The junior Muskie boys’ volleyball team continues their early-season dominance while the seniors are off to a slow start. The juniors improved to 2-0 in NorWOSSA play with a four-set victory over the Kenora Broncos on Monday at the “Fish Tank.” They split the first two sets by […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie football program is not waving the white flag just yet. After an emergency meeting was called last Thursday to forfeit Friday’s game against River East in Winnipeg, the team has since rounded up some extra bodies and now is in a position to field a team […]
Staff A meeting has been scheduled to discuss the future direction of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. The date is set for next Wednesday (Oct. 7) at 6:30 p.m., with the location to be determined by the number of people who express interest in attending. Despite rumblings that the […]
