It is one of the more storied names in Muskie hockey history. For a decade beginning in the early 1970s, fans packed the stands at the old Memorial Arena on Friday nights and cheered as three brothers—Billy “Pic” Roach, Don Roach, and Randy Roach—starred on their respective Muskie teams. During […]
Local Sports
The Fort Frances Gymnastics Academy’s Springfest 2007 Invitational Inter-Club meet is an annual competition, but Saturday’s event held special meaning for two local coaches. It was Mirel and Mirela Bica’s last competition at the club as the couple is moving to Saskatoon. “We were very sad that it was our […]
A squad of Bantam ‘A’ players from various local teams came out on top of their division at a 3-on-3 hockey tourney in Thunder Bay over the weekend. The team lost its first game 8-4 to the Kenora Crush but then rebounded to win its next five, including getting revenge […]
Nine members of the Sunset Country Squash Club, including eight juniors and one adult, travelled to Thunder Bay last weekend to participate in the Thunder Bay Charity Classic in support of the Canadian Diabetes Association. In the men’s ‘B’ division, Chad Faragher emerged as the consolation champ with three wins […]
The Muskie badminton program were well-represented at the NWOSSAA finals today (April 18) in Atikokan. The senior boys’ doubles team of Tim Desjardins and Jamie Jensen continued their romp through the league this season—winning all five of their matches at the NorWOSSA championships last Wednesday in Kenora. The pair have […]
The Senators seized back home-ice advantage by slowing Pittsburgh’s stars and getting two key goals from one of their own in Daniel Alfredsson. Ottawa—rebounding from a 4-3 loss at home barely 24 hours before in which it twice squandered third-period leads—won 4-2 yesterday to take a 2-1 lead into Game […]
The Muskie badminton program will be well-represented at the NWOSSAA finals next Wednesday (April 18) in Atikokan. The senior boys’ doubles team of Tim Desjardins and Jamie Jensen continued their romp through the league this season—winning all five of their matches at the NorWOSSA championships Wednesday in Kenora. The pair […]
Scott Gobeil is no stranger to winning. The local curler made his seventh trip to the podium when he earned a bronze medal as a member of Team Manitoba at the 52nd-annual Canadian Police Curling Championships in Moncton, N.B. over the weekend. “Overall it was a good week,” the Fort […]
FORT FRANCES—A year ago, Emo native Taylor Latimer was faced with a difficult decision. The promising 13-year-old figure skater had just been accepted to train full-time at the prestigious Mariposa School of Skating in Barrie, Ont. And while the allure of training with some of the best coaches in Canada […]
The Muskie badminton program enjoyed strong results at the NorWOSSA qualifier held yesterday at Fort High, with 11 members advancing to the league finals next Wednesday in Kenora. In the junior girls’ singles division, Muskie Heidi Emond took first place while teammate Shawnee Morriseau finished third. Meanwhile, Brooke Paterson and […]
Catchy tunes, combined with superb skills and fantastically-choreographed routines, made this year’s Border Skating Club ice show “High School Musical” a big hit over the weekend. Of course, the appearance of 2007 Canadian silver medallist Chris Mabee may have been a selling point, too. “It was a really great show, […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team wrapped up the season with its annual awards banquet Monday night at the Adventure Inn. Family, friends, and representatives from the Blueline Club gathered to honour the team for what was another strong season. The black-and-gold finished with an impressive 47-11-1 record, which included a […]
