The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team was swept in the best-of-three NWOSSAA showdown against the Hammarskjold Vikings in Thunder Bay over the weekend. Fort High lost the opener 64-50 on Friday afternoon. Morgan Anderson led all Muskie scorers with 20 points. The seniors then lost 49-27 on Saturday morning, with […]
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The Muskie hockey program met with mixed results in the opening round of the NorWOSSA playoffs over the weekend. The boys’ team continued their season-long domination of Kenora—beating the Broncos 11-5 here Friday and then 8-4 up there last night to sweep the best-of-three series. The black-and-gold now will face […]
Raymond Roy is off to a perfect start at the Northern Ontario senior men’s provincial showdown in Sault Ste. Marie. The Fort Frances rink—also comprised of third Don DeBenedet, second Dave Bondett, and lead Paul Fraser—is tied with Chris Milks (Englehart) atop the standings at 3-0 heading into action this […]
Vianets (11-1) maintained their stranglehold atop the league’s standings with a 72-59 victory over winless Taggs (0-12) on Monday night at Fort High. John Sivonen of Vianets and Taggs’ Darren Tunguzzi tied for top scoring honours, netting 25 points each. Meanwhile, second-place La Place Rendez-Vous (10-2) picked up a comfortable […]
The Muskie junior boys’ basketball team wrapped up its season with a 41-39 exhibition win over the host International Falls Broncos’ Grade 9 squad last night. “It was a nice way to end the season,” head coach Gord McCabe remarked. “Until the last few minutes, I platooned players and switched […]
The 54th ladies’ bonspiel is set to take place this weekend (Feb. 23-25) at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Twenty-six teams will compete in the three-day event for the right to be crowned the top local women’s rink. The top six teams will advance to the playoff round Sunday and […]
Championship teams find ways to win when the game is on the line. After going 8-0 during the regular season, the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team survived a huge scare in the NorWOSSA final last Thursday in Dryden against the third-place Eagles (1-7) before eventually earning a 48-44 victory and […]
It’s rare that a coach is completely satisfied with a victory. Normally, a team’s bench boss will balance any praise he offers with a few complaints about certain aspects of his team’s performance. It’s simply the nature of coaching to be constantly striving to improve the squad. Muskie junior boys’ […]
Squash players from across the region competed in the 20th-annual La Place Rendez-Vous tournament over the weekend at the Memorial Sports Centre. Darrell Cole (Thunder Bay) successfully defended his men’s ‘A’ title, rallying from a 2-0 deficit in the best-of-five match to beat 11-time champion Bob Shine (Thunder Bay). In […]
The Muskie basketball program once again demonstrated its NorWOSSA supremacy by winning gold in both the junior and senior boys’ divisions yesterday in Dryden. The juniors made short work of the host Eagles in the final, building a substantial lead in the early going and then cruising to an easy […]
Winning solves virtually any problem associated with a sports team. The Muskie girls’ hockey team—coming off a disappointing 6-5 loss to the host Kenora Broncos last Tuesday, were in need of a win to get back on winning track. Luckily, the Red Lake Rams were more than willing to oblige […]
It doesn’t matter where the Muskie boys’ hockey team competes these days, the results are remarkably similar. The black-and-gold (15-0-1) skated to an easy 7-2 victory over the Red Lake Rams (6-8-1) on Friday night at the Emo-La Vallee Arena—extending their NorWOSSA unbeaten streak to 16 games. “I was pretty […]
