Mitch Calvert That’s a little more like it. The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres put the final nail in the coffin last night with a convincing 7-1 victory in Sioux Lookout to sweep their best-of-five quarter-final series against the Flyers. The black-and-red jumped out to an early 4-0 lead, then added […]
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Mitch Calvert The stars of the Border Skating Club shone brightly at the Trillium STARSkate All-Ontario Championships and Trillium Cup figure skating competitions this past weekend in Waterloo, Ont. Jillian Bobczynski skated to a silver medal in the ladies’ senior bronze freeskate event while Michael Nelson turned in a bronze […]
Mitch Calvert Talk about a nail-biter. Emo native Cody Mosbeck and his Gustavus Adolphus Gusties’ teammates are off to the NCAA Division III “Frozen Four” after a thrilling 2-0 victory over UW-Superior on Saturday. Ross-Ring Jarvi gave Gustavus all the cushion they needed with a goal early in the second […]
Joey Payeur Eight skaters. One goalie. One dream realized. The Rainy River Community College Voyageurs, with former Fort Frances Muskie Hannah Firth and Couchiching First Nation resident Melissa Calder on their miniscule nine-player roster, didn’t play like a shorthanded crew on their way to winning their second-consecutive American Collegiate Hockey […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team is going into the all-Ontarios ranked 10th in the 20-team field. Fort High is in Pool ‘C’ with third-ranked Upper Canada College (Toronto), fifth-ranked St. Marcellinus Secondary School (Mississauga), 15th-ranked Central Algoma Secondary School (Desbarats), and 18th-seeded Senator O’Connor (Toronto). This is the Muskies’ […]
Mitch Calvert They were two very different games, but the only thing that matters for the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres is that they came out with two wins. The Sabres opened their best-of-five quarter-final series with the Sioux Lookout Flyers by claiming 7-0 and 2-1 victories here Friday and Saturday […]
Mitch Calvert What a difference a year makes. The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres exacted revenge on the Schreiber Diesels with a pair of wins here last week to close out their regular-season schedule and hold onto third place in the SIJHL standings. Last season, the Diesels stole three of four […]
Staff The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres handed out individual awards at a well-attended dinner at the Adventure Inn here Saturday. Head coach Wayne Strachan said the most important hardware is the one they hope to obtain together later this year, but here were the winners announced Saturday: •MVP—Ryan Faragher •Best […]
Staff Local figure skaters competed at the Thunder Bay Open on Feb. 27-March 1. Their results were as follows: •Keila Ford—Junior Bronze Short Program Flight 2 (4th), Junior Bronze Freeskate Flight 2 (9th), and Silver Interpretive (6th); •Michael Nelson—Junior Silver Short Program (1st) and Junior Silver Freeskate (2nd); •Sierra Cousineau—Preliminary […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie cheerleaders capped off a memorable year at the North Regional Cheerleading Competition in Thunder Bay on Sunday. The squad, comprised of 20 rookies and five veterans, was one of 17 from schools and clubs all over Northwestern Ontario, and the competition was a good learning experience […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie boys’ curling rink fell short in its bid for a berth at the all-Ontarios after finishing out of the medals at the NWOSSAA final in Red Lake. “We had one shaky end in three of the games and kind of shot ourselves in the foot a […]
Mitch Calvert It was a whirlwind stretch of three games in four days that featured a little bit of everything for the Fort Frances Canadians Midget ‘AA’ hockey team. The Canadians started things off with a bang, trouncing the Baudette Bears’ junior varsity squad 6-1 last Thursday backed by two […]
