Vianets overcame the Muskies in men’s basketball league action Monday night, fashioning a 78-72 win after the high school team had led for most of the game. Adrian Chapman led the Vianets with 25 points while Joey Theriault netted 21 for the Muskies. In the late game, the Vous rocked […]
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The Muskies again proved their excellence in boys’ basketball last Thursday as both the junior and senior teams maintained their dominance in NorWOSSA play. The junior boys improved to 6-0 after defeating the host Dryden Eagles 44-32. Justin Anderson again led the way with a 10-point effort, backed up by […]
Local bowlers Scott Foster and Travis Michl are heading to the provincial round of the annual Hi-Low Doubles tournament. The pair teamed up for a +84 to finish second in the zone round, which was held Saturday and Sunday in Atikokan. Foster and Michl, who went into the tournament with […]
Fort Frances’ own KC Knights won the big prize over the weekend—handily winning the championship of their own PeeWee ‘AA’ tournament Sunday afternoon at the Memorial Sports Centre. The Knights dumped the Kenora Thistles 6-1 on the back of Jordan Larson, who netted a hat trick and added a pair […]
A weekend showdown that looked like a handful on paper proved to be anything but as the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres manhandled the Thunder Bay Bearcats here. The Sabres beat the third-place visitors 6-2 on Saturday night and then 4-3 on Sunday afternoon for their third sweep of the season—but […]
The only bad thing about the upcoming exam break for the Muskie boys’ hockey team will be the tests themselves. The squad went into the week-and-a-half layoff with a 5-1 exhibition win over the host Eveleth Golden Bears on Saturday afternoon. “All in all, the boys got a win under […]
The fact that Bryan Bonot’s rink hadn’t ever played together before last weekend didn’t seem to matter much as the Stratton foursome topped all comers, winning the annual “Icebox of the Nation” here. “We played some real good games and some a little shaky, but we were able to make […]
The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres showed their mettle—making a tough weekend showdown against the third-place Thunder Bay Bearcats look all too easy as they swept the visitors by scores of 6-2 and 4-3. “All week we just talked about what it would take to beat this team,” Sabres’ head coach […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team is going into the exam break on a winning note after a 5-1 exhibition win Saturday afternoon against the host Eveleth Golden Bears. “All in all, the boys got a win under their belt, which is a good thing,” head coach Shane Bliss said. “We’re […]
The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team competed in the Miles MacDonell Buckeye Classic in Winnipeg over the weekend, bringing home the consolation crown. The black-and-gold opened action Thursday night against the Garden City Fighting Gophers—the number-one ranked team in the province. Unfortunately, the 600-km drive after a game against the […]
Both Muskie basketball teams looked as strong as ever yesterday in Dryden while their female volleyball counterparts suffered a pair of tough losses. The senior boys’ basketball team beat the host Eagles 42-37, led by Morgan Anderson and Travis Stromness, who each netted 11 points. The score was a far […]
The Muskie team lashed out at an unsuspecting Taggs squad during men’s basketball league action here Monday night, avenging a rare loss by posting an 89-55 blowout. The victory came a week after La Place Rendez-Vous earned a narrow 83-82 overtime win over the Muskies. Joey Theriault led all scorers […]
