Thunder Bay’s VP Bearcats took first place in last weekend’s Bantam ‘A’ hockey tournament at the Memorial Sports Centre, beat the Dryden Senators 4-1 in the final. While local teams were shut out of the championship battle at their own tournament, parents and fans had to settle for an all-Fort […]
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Fort High flexed its boys’ basketball muscles yet again as both the senior and junior teams notched decisive victories over the visiting Dryden Eagles. The juniors (5-0) remained undefeated in NorWOSSA play after pulling out a 32-26 victory on Thursday—led by Justin Anderson’s 15 points. Chris Legg also was a […]
The Muskies girls’ hockey team had an “un-bear-able” week while visiting Rainy River and hosting Eveleth for a pair of exhibition games. First, they had to rally for a 5-4 victory over the Lake of the Woods Bears on Thursday night in Rainy River, then fell 3-1 to the Golden […]
The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team travelled to Kenora over the weekend for the “Winter Blast 2008” tournament and faced stiff competition all day during the round-robin—gaining only one win in eight sets. This sent the Muskies to the ‘B’-side, where they defeated the Red Lake Rams in two sets […]
Their backs against the wall after a crushing 6-4 loss to the Fort William North Stars here Friday, the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres needed to come up with a big game Saturday night to eclipse the SIJHL’s reigning dynasty. And boy, did they ever. Ryan Faragher stopped a whopping 53 […]
Jenna Enge is heading for the Canadian junior curling championships in Sault Ste. Marie next month after Northern Ontario won the provincial playdowns in Geraldton last weekend. “It feels awesome,” Enge enthused. “I pretty much can’t describe it. It hasn’t hit me yet. I don’t know, it’s probably going to […]
FORT FRANCES—Fort Frances will host the Northern Ontario men’s curling championships next February, the Times has learned. “We’re going to see the best of Northern Ontario curlers here in Fort Frances,” said committee chairman Tom Fry. “There’ll be 16 teams, and over a full week of curling with approximately four […]
Hosting a fearsome, and in many ways superior, Fort William North Stars squad, the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres earned a split in a pair of hard fought 6-4 games over the weekend. “We’ll take a split,” said Sabres’ head coach Wayne Strachan. “Coming into the weekend, we sure wanted a […]
The visiting Eveleth Golden Bears proved to be too much for the Muskie girls’ team, with Eveleth handily winning an exhibition game 3-1 on Saturday afternoon. While the Muskies looked every bit the Bears’ physical equal in a surprisingly rough showdown, they looked unprepared and played some of their worst […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team returned from Winnipeg just short of winning the Hill Abra Dewar International Tournament of Champions, falling 3-0 to the St. Paul’s Crusaders in the final yesterday afternoon. The loss followed a stellar run at the tournament, which the Muskies opened Thursday evening with a 6-2 […]
The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres have their playoff roster in place after dealing away defenceman JP Boucha while acquiring blueliner Rod Bouchard at the final trade deadline. The Sabres acquired Bouchard from the Chase Chiefs of the KIJHL (B.C.) for future considerations, and received future considerations from the Schreiber Diesels […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team’s excursion to Winnipeg got off on the right foot yesterday as they beat the Oak Park Raiders 6-2 in their opening game of the Hill Dewar Vincent International Tournament of Champions. Zach McCool and Taylor Jorgenson led the Muskie attack with a pair of goals […]
