Mitch Calvert Spikers win silver It was a little closer than they would have liked, but the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team kept their undefeated NorWOSSA season intact with a 56-46 victory over the Kenora Broncos in the league final here Friday night. The black-and-gold led by as little as […]
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Staff A pair of local players helped propel the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres to a narrow 4-3 victory over the host Thunder Bay Bearcats last night. Kyle Turgeon notched a goal and two assists while linemate Mitch Cain added three assists to give the Sabres their first victory over the […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie boys’ hockey team clinched first place in the NorWOSSA standings with a 5-2 win over the Dryden Eagles here Tuesday night. The black-and-gold jumped out to a 3-0 lead on goals by Donovan Cousineau, Devin Ball, and Matt Goldamer. The Eagles made a game of it […]
Staff All four Muskie court sports teams wrapped up the regular season with wins over the Kenora Broncos here Tuesday. The junior girls’ volleyball team outlasted a scrappy Broncos’ squad for a five-set victory by scores of 23-25, 25-14, 25-22, 23-25, and 15-11. The juniors improved to 6-2 with the […]
Mitch Calvert Despite the fact a local team missed out on an opportunity to represent the town at the NOCA men’s provincial curling playdowns here last week, several players with connections to Rainy River District took to the ice at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Rob Sinclair Jr., second for […]
Staff The Novice/Atom portion of the 11th-annual Fort Frances girls’ hockey tournament was held over the weekend, with eight Atom squads representing Fort Frances, International Falls, Dryden, and Thunder Bay attending. Between them, the Fort Frances Rolling Lake Lightning and Fort Frances Esso took to the ice 10 times, with […]
Staff By any calculation, scoring 19 goals and drawing six assists would be considered a pretty productive hockey season for most players. For Annalise Hayes, those numbers amounted to one very successful tournament here over the weekend. And as amazing as she is, Hayes alone doesn’t define the Fort Frances […]
Press Release Members of the Border Skating Club shone at the Skate Canada Northern Ontario STARskate championships in Sault Ste. Marie on Feb. 13-15. Their results from the “Festival of Stars” competition were as follows: •Jenna Wilson—2nd, Junior Bronze Women’s Freeskate (flight 4) and 7th, Junior Bronze Women’s Freeskate final; […]
Mitch Calvert If Sunday’s result was any indication, it should take a monumental upset to unseat the Muskie boys’ hockey team in the NorWOSSA playoffs. The Muskies improved to 8-1 in league play with a 13-0 thrashing of the Kenora Broncos here Sunday afternoon in a make-up game for the […]
Press Release Two Winnipeg residents have been convicted of offences related to the illegal possession of a resident hunting licence. Richard Brannan, 39, and Leonard Hoey, 38, each were convicted of two offences related to deer hunting in Ontario under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act. Brannan was fined $2,250 […]
Staff The Sunset Country Squash Club’s 22nd-annual tournament this past weekend was a smashing success. With new main sponsor Wesley Derksen LL.B., the tournament did not disappoint with the very best squash Northwestern Ontario has to offer. The men’s ‘A’ event arguably produced the finest squash of the weekend. Ben […]
Staff Don’t mention the name Troy Swail around any member of the Fort Frances Canadians ‘AA’ Midget hockey team this week. Swail scored the game-winning goal with less than half-a-second on the clock to propel the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) to a 4-3 win over the Canadians on Saunday […]
