Mitch Calvert The Sabaskong Cubs honoured a former teammate prior to their game against the Big Island Huskies last week—raising a banner for Rick Copenace, who passed away suddenly following a Rainy River District Fastball League game last May. Copenace, who died of coronary arteritis (an inflammation of the arteries), […]
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Staff The boys’ and girls’ NorWOSSA soccer finals will hit the pitch here tomorrow at the St. Francis Sportsfields. The Muskie boys will put their season on the line at 9:30 a.m. when they host the Dryden Eagles in the semi-final. A win would mean advancing to meet the top-seeded […]
Staff The Muskie track and field program took several strides forward at the two-day NWOSSAA meet, which wrapped up yesterday in Thunder Bay. Josh Strain, in the high jump competition, will be the lone representative at the all-Ontarios in Toronto next month but several Muskie athletes qualified for finals and […]
Staff The Muskie girls’ soccer team yesterday clinched first place and a berth in the NorWOSSA final here next Wednesday. The black-and-gold (4-2) opened play in Kenora with a 3-0 victory over the Dryden Eagles on goals by Kelsey Quibell, Courtney Roach, and Allison Brown. “That was our goal [yesterday]—to […]
Staff So far, so good for Josh Strain at the NWOSSAA track and field championships in Thunder Bay. The Muskie athlete successfully jumped to a height of 1.80 metres in the senior boys’ high jump competition yesterday to claim first place and a berth in that discipline at the all-Ontarios […]
Staff A quartet of local runners took in the Cellcom Green Bay Marathon on Sunday. Nicole Turcotte, Shannon Jackson, and Dana Kosowick each ran a leg of the full marathon team relay to a time of 4:22 while Megan Ross ran the full marathon individually in a personal-best time of […]
Mitch Calvert Heron Landing will be the site of the fourth-annual Tim Perreault Memorial golf tournament this Saturday (May 23). Perreault, who passed away at age 31 due to chronic pancreatitis, was one of the original board members of the Couchiching golf course. His mother, Pauline, has been organizing the […]
Mitch Calvert Local hockey rinks, swimming pools, and other recreational sites across Ontario will be eligible to receive funding for upgrades and repairs thanks to a partnership between the new Recreational Infrastructure Canada (RInC) program and Ontario Recreation. The federal government is providing $68 million for upgrading facilities in Ontario […]
Mitch Calvert A contingent of 14 Muskie athletes are in Thunder Bay today and tomorrow for the NWOSSAA track and field meet. The runners have been training throughout the winter, and despite poor weather that has limited practice opportunities this spring, co-coach John Dutton has high hopes for good performances […]
Mitch Calvert Weather delayed the start of the Borderland Racing Association’s season at the Emo Speedway, which originally was scheduled for May 16. The hope is races will be a go for this Saturday (May 23). “We have been unable to get the track in the best condition possible [due […]
Mitch Calvert For Christin Thomson, progression is more important than results right now. After taking the month of April off from competition to retool and refocus, the Fort Frances native now is more confident in her golf game than she’s been for some time. “I took April off and just […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie girls’ soccer team knows what it takes—and has a maximum of four games standing in their way of a second-straight appearance at the all-Ontarios. Two of those games go today in Kenora (at 11:30 a.m. versus the Dryden Eagles and then 2 p.m. against the host […]
