Press Release The popular television fishing show, “Getting Hooked with Aaron & Barry,” travelled to Fort Frances and Emo back in July to take in all the fishing that’s offered in this area. They were invited by professional angler Harvey Cochrane and the Rainy River First Nations to film three […]
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Mitch Calvert The Muskie girls’ hockey team went across the river Monday and earned their third-straight win over the International Falls Broncos, getting a pair of third-period goals from Jillian Langtry and Kailey Curtis to sweep the season exhibition series with their border rivals. The Broncos opened the scoring in […]
Staff It was a classic case of good news, bad news over in International Falls last night. The Muskie girls’ hockey team held up their end of the bargain with a 3-2 win over the host Broncos, but the boys couldn’t duplicate the feat—falling 6-0 to their border rivals. The […]
Staff The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres couldn’t gain ground on the Thunder Bay Bearcats over the weekend. The Sabres (20-11-2) lost back-to-back games by identical 4-2 scores to fall seven points behind the Bearcats (22-7-5) for second place in the SIJHL standings. Brad Pawlowski had a goal and three assists […]
Mitch Calvert The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres keep defying the odds. Despite a depleted lineup due to several suspensions and injuries, the Sabres got a big goal from Mitch Cain in overtime last night to pull out a 4-3 victory over the host Schreiber Diesels. After returning from a month-long […]
Staff Both scheduled home matches this week for the four Muskie court sports teams were postponed due to the cold weather. Tuesday’s match-up with the Kenora Broncos has been rescheduled for Feb. 17 while no makeup date has been set yet for today’s showdown against the Dryden Eagles. Due to […]
Mitch Calvert FORT FRANCES—There’s just a month to go before the Dominion NOCA Men’s Provincial Championship comes to Fort Frances on Feb.10-14, but the committee organizing the event still could use more volunteer support. “We’re getting a pretty good response with volunteers, but you know how that goes right up […]
Mitch Calvert It only took 240 calls and 381 minutes of talking over the two days leading into Saturday’s CJHL trade deadline, but head coach Wayne Strachan and the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres managed to add two pieces to the puzzle before the clock struck midnight. Talk about a cellphone […]
Staff The Memorial Sports Centre was buzzing with more than just ice and pool activities over the weekend as 21 women squared off in four divisions of squash on Saturday. The top division, named “NM2” off of the first names of the three players competing, featured a competitive, round-robin format. […]
Mitch Calvert The Memorial Sports Centre pool was bustling with activity over the weekend as the Fort Frances Aquanauts hosted their annual Winter Chill Invitational swim meet. Despite a slew of personal best times and solid finishes, not all the news was positive for the Aquanauts as Donovan Taylor went […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie senior and junior girls’ volleyball squads finished out of the medals at a tournament in Kenora over the weekend. The seniors breezed through the round-robin with wins over Sioux Lookout (25-17, 25-21) and Red Lake (25-15, 25-12), while splitting against Kenora (23-25, 25-11) and Westgate (25-20, […]
Mitch Calvert What a way to start the New Year. The Fort Frances Canadians Midget ‘AA’ hockey squad hosted a pair of games over weekend, beating the West Kildonan Collegiate Wolverines (Winnipeg) 5-4 on Saturday in Emo before dumping Grand Rapids 8-2 in a Sunday matinee at the Ice for […]
