Mitch Calvert The monkey is off their backs. Ted and Louise Stewner hauled in a bag of 19.50 pounds on the final day of the LaBelle’s Rainy Lake Fall Bass Classic on Sunday to capture their first title fishing together as a couple. He had won back-to-back crowns with Al […]
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Ken Johnston After Day 1 of the 10th-annual Rainy River Walleye Tournament, it looked as though Team #16 was poised to win it all. But what a difference a day can make! John Blight and Sean Gaudry quit fishing at 11:15 a.m. on Friday after having 16.16 pounds of walleye […]
Mitch Calvert Former Muskie goalie Neil Cooper was inducted into the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in Thunder Bay over the weekend as a member of the 1991-92 Thunder Bay Flyers that brought the city a national Junior ‘A’ championship that season. “It was pretty neat,” the 35-year-old chiropractor […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskies commanded the respect of the rest of the Kas Vidruk Division in the Winnipeg High School Football League last Thursday afternoon, improving their record to 2-2 after a decisive 22-14 win over the visiting Maples Marauders in the annual Homecoming game. Now comes the hard part. […]
Mitch Calvert With surely as much as a helpless feeling one can ever have as a coach, Wayne Strachan watched the final seconds tick off the clock Friday night at the Ice for Kids Arena as his Fort Frances Jr. Sabres suffered a heart-wrenching 8-5 defeat at the hands of […]
Staff What looked like a sure victory turned into heart-wrenching defeat here Friday night as the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres fell to 0-4 on the season with an 8-5 loss to the Fort William North Stars. A spirited first two periods saw the Sabres jump out to a 5-3 lead, […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie football team has its bite back. The black-and-gold dealt a first-half knockout blow to the visiting Maples Marauders in Winnipeg High School Football League action yesterday afternoon at Muskie Field, taking a 15-0 lead into the break before holding on for a 22-14 win to improve […]
Staff The Muskie junior girls’ basketball team opened their NorWOSSA season on a winning note Tuesday by beating the host Dryden Eagles 26-16. Chelsea Hill led the way with 12 points but co-coach Dan Bird said the play in their own end was huge. “It was another great defensive effort […]
Staff Close, but no cigar. The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres battled toe-to-toe with the visiting Dryden Ice Dogs on Tuesday night but the outcome was all too familiar in falling 2-1 to the defending SIJHL champs. Backed by a 36-save effort from goalie Sonny Albert, the Ice Dogs stole a […]
Mitch Calvert Heron Landing hosted the final tournament of the short NorWOSSA golf season last week, with two Muskies qualifying for the NWOSSAA showdown later this week in Thunder Bay. “Alex McDonald and Kevin Jackson both qualified for NWOSSAA as individuals,” Fort High athletic director Shane Bliss noted. “We’d like […]
Press Release An organizational meeting has been set for this coming Monday (Sept. 29) at 6:30 p.m. in the common room of Flinders Place to gauge interest in the development of a booster club for the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres. By developing a non-profit booster club with the support of […]
Staff The Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club will be holding its annual fall trail walk this Saturday (Sept. 27) at 11 a.m. at the Rocky Inlet ski trails. They will venture out to enjoy the fall colours and a wiener roast, rain or shine. Be sure to dress for the […]
