Staff The annual Hibbing/Chisolm 12U and 14U girls’ hockey tournament was lauded for its hockey and hospitality over the weekend as five Fort Frances teams made the trek south to compete. PeeWee (12U) teams from Superior, Wis., Minneapolis, Moose Lake, Silver Bay, and Hibbing joined local squads Lakewood Tire, Super […]
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Staff Dominos remained unbeaten in local men’s league basketball action Monday night with an 82-69 win over the Muskies. Nick Schlesser delivered 22 points for Dominos while Garnet Cornell had a game-high 26 for Fort High. In the late game, La Place Rendez-Vous beat Taggs 60-44, led by Aaron Rost’s […]
Staff They did it again. The local Taggs Source for Sports Bantam ‘AA’ hockey team won its fifth tournament of the season over the weekend in Kenora with a lopsided 6-0 win over the Seine River Snipers in the final. Jordan Larson was the key sniper, netting a hat trick […]
Staff The Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team split into two squads for its final tournament of the season over the weekend in Dryden. Team #1 finished second in pool play and advanced to the quarter-finals, ousting the Westgate Tigers (Thunder Bay) in a straight-sets victory by scores of 25-19 and […]
Press Release The Fort/Kenora Junior Squash Challenge took place this past Saturday at the Memorial Sports Centre. The local contingent, consisting of Anniss Seid, Mike Brady, Ryan Brady, Shawn Brady, Bryson Skirten, Eric Bois, Robert Stevens, Matthew Roen, and Anika and Kimika Alexander, defeated their Kenora counterparts 34 total games […]
the MNR A Kenora man has been fined $2,000 and suspended from hunting for two years after shooting a deer at night in an area where no discharge of guns or bows is allowed. Cory Mozdzen, 37, pleaded guilty under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act to night hunting. The […]
Mitch Calvert The Fort Frances Canadians took bronze at a hockey tournament in Wayzata over the weekend. The local Midget ‘AA’ squad opened action with a 3-2 win against Wessey’s Boys, getting goals from D.J. Bombay, Jordan Sinclair, and Tim Sharp. They then tied Burnsville 2-2, getting a pair of […]
Staff The Muskie football coaching team is holding a winter meeting tomorrow (Jan. 22) in Room 100 at La Place Rendez-Vous beginning at 7 p.m. Head coach Dean Bruyere and his current staff will be meeting to discuss items ranging from recruitment to each individual’s responsibilities. Bruyere said anyone interested […]
Mitch Calvert Time to get back on the winning track. The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres were left licking their wounds after a three-games-in-three-nights road trip ended with two identical 4-2 losses to the second-place Thunder Bay Bearcats last Friday and Saturday. The new-and-improved Bearcats (22-7-5) got two goals and four […]
Duane Hicks FORT FRANCES—With a bounty of snow in Borderland this winter, more and more snowmobilers have got their sleds out in recent months. And CN once again is sending out the message, “Don’t put your life on our line,” to remind the public that not only is riding a […]
Mitch Calvert There still are several months before the roar of engines will be heard at the Emo Speedway again, but the Borderland Racing Association already is in full swing looking ahead to its 2009 season, which will mark the 55th anniversary of the track. “We decided to get an […]
Mitch Calvert Déja vu. The result was all too familiar to the Muskie boys’ hockey team Monday night as the host International Falls Broncos exacted revenge for a 4-3 overtime loss here last month with a 6-0 victory. The black-and-gold lost in similar fashion a year ago, dropping a 7-1 […]
