The battle for first place in the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League remains a two-horse race. Vianets (8-1) remain alone atop the league standings courtesy of their 72-61 win over Taggs (0-9) on Monday night at Fort Frances High School. Adrian Chapman led all scorers pouring in 30 points for […]
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Rarely do championship games produce such exciting results. The BDO Stars PeeWee girls’ hockey team edged Fort Frances Esso 5-4 in the ‘A’ final of the Fort Frances Atom ‘A’ tournament Sunday afternoon at the Ice for Kids Arena. The championship tilt featured every aspect of a classic hockey game—early […]
The Muskie girls’ volleyball program currently features two teams heading in opposite directions. The junior squad won their second-straight match with a victory yesterday afternoon over the host Kenora Broncos to improve to 3-2 in NorWOSSA action. The seniors, though, fell to 1-4 on the season after suffering their fourth-straight […]
Despite a rash of injuries, and a busy schedule that saw the team play its fourth game in five nights, the Muskie boys’ hockey team edged the Dryden Eagles 3-2 in NorWOSSA action at the Ice for Kids Arena last night. The Muskies (13-0-1) opened the scoring just 35 seconds […]
The Muskie junior boys’ basketball team went winless at the St. Boniface Jr. Varsity tournament over the weekend in Winnipeg. Despite going winless at the eight-team competition, Muskie head coach Gord McCabe was pleased with his squad’s performance. “Overall it was a good tournament for us,” he remarked. “Although we […]
The Fort Frances Canadians regrouped after a tough weekend and beat the host Baudette Bears 5-2 last night. “The effort was a lot better,” said Gary Beck, the team’s director of hockey operations. “The boys were really moving.” The Canadians jumped out to an early 1-0 lead when Matthew Beck […]
The Muskie boys’ basketball program hasn’t missed a beat. Despite not having played a league game in more than a month, both the junior and senior squads continued their NorWOSSA dominance yesterday afternoon in Kenora. The senior Muskies trailed the host Broncos by two points with five seconds to go […]
The Muskie hockey teams met with mixed results in their exhibition showdowns against International Falls last night at Bronco Arena. The girls’ squad got the evening off to a positive start with a 4-2 victory over their Bronco counterparts. The celebration proved to be short-lived, though, as the Muskie boys […]
Six bowlers from Plaza Lanes advanced to the provincial round of the Open roll-offs after the zone round was held here over the weekend. Qualifying for the men’s team were Ken Dick, who finished the two-day, 20-game roll-off in fourth place with a 242 average, and Jamie McKenny, who was […]
The Fort Frances Canadians finished third at the third-annual FASA Invitational Jr. Gold hockey tournament over the weekend in Grand Forks, N.D. The Canadians opened play with a thrilling 4-3 overtime win over Grand Forks Gold on Friday afternoon. Tyler Harris led the Canadians offensively with a natural hat trick […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team opened a stretch of four games in five nights with a pair of wins—over the Dryden Eagles and then the Red Lake Falls Eagles—on the weekend at the Ice for Kids Arena. The black-and-gold dominated every facet of the game Friday night en route to […]
The BDO Stars PeeWee girls’ team nipped Fort Frances Esso 5-4 to win the ‘A’ final of the Fort Frances Atom ‘A’ hockey tournament yesterday at the Ice for Kids Arena. Unable to break a 4-4 deadlock after five minutes of a three-on-three overtime, the championship game went down to […]
