The local Brockie.org 99ers Atom ‘AA’ hockey team returned home from Des Moines, Iowa on Sunday with many memories of a weekend full of experiences they will never forget thanks to the Iowa Stars of the AHL. When Stars’ head coach Dave Allison heard that hockey teams from his home […]
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The “Get Outdoors” club—junior members of the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club—were very active this fall. They built extra birdhouses for bluebirds, tree swallows, wrens, and woodducks. These bird boxes will be used to replace—or add to—the 41 “lines” which have been placed throughout the district for the past 17 years. […]
With the end of the first half of their season in sight, the Muskie girls’ hockey team stayed strong by winning two exhibition match-ups against Minnesota teams over the weekend. The squad first iced the Babbitt Knights 5-2 here Friday night before earning a 3-1 victory against the Golden Bears […]
A long run of injuries has cut the Muskie boys’ hockey team’s roster deeply—but not deep enough to stop their undefeated streak in NorWOSSA play. The black-and-gold pulled out a tough 4-2 win over the host Kenora Broncos on Friday night, then headed home for yet another exhibition shellacking Saturday […]
The Superior International Junior Hockey League is scrambling this week after announcing Monday that the defending champion Schreiber Diesels have folded. The sudden turn of events has all sorts of ramifications for the remaining six teams in the league—from scheduling to points totals. SIJHL chairman Ron Whitehead held a teleconference […]
The Schreiber Diesels have folded from the Superior International Junior Hockey League—leaving the league to scramble to reassemble the rest of the season with the loss of the defending champs. “It’s not something that I have any choice in, and I’m not very happy,” said SIJHL chairman Ron Whitehead. “It […]
The Muskie girls’ hockey team coasted to a pair of exhibition victories over the weekend as the first half of their season comes to a close. The squad first iced the Babbitt Knights 5-2 here Friday night before winning 3-1 against the Golden Bears in Eveleth, Mn. on Saturday afternoon. […]
The Muskie junior boys’ basketball team were both hosts and champions, winning all three games of their home tourney over the weekend, including a key pair of victories against NorWOSSA rivals. After opening play Friday with a 41-23 win over the Kenora Broncos and then a 43-31 victory against the […]
The unbeatable and nigh unstoppable Muskie boys’ hockey team marched on, winning a tough NorWOSSA game against Kenora, followed by yet another exhibition blowout. The Muskies earned a 4-2 win over the host Broncos on Friday night, then returned home for a 10-1 shellacking over the Kittson Central Wolfpack on […]
NorWOSSA matches between the four Muskie court teams and Dryden, originally scheduled for today at Fort High, have been cancelled due to poor road conditions. No make-up date was announced prior to press time. Both Muskie boys’ basketball teams, coming off wins against the Eagles up there last Thursday, were […]
The Muskie girls’ hockey team kept their undefeated home record intact with a 4-0 shutout over the Kenora Broncos here Tuesday night. Katie Stearns recorded the second Muskie shutout in a week after Sara Trendiak held the Lake of the Woods Bears to a goose egg in an exhibition showdown […]
The Rainy River Community College Voyageurs women’s hockey team won its first pair of regular league home games over the weekend. RRCC stomped the visitors from the University of Minnesota Duluth by a 7-1 score on Saturday, followed by a 4-0 shutout Sunday. Rookie right-winger and Fort Frances native Cortney […]
