You can’t teach size. The Churchill Trojans (Thunder Bay) exploited their size advantage in the low post to beat the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team 43-32 in Saturday’s final of the black-and-gold’s home tournament. The Muskies’ chances of taking the tourney title were dealt a serious blow before the opening […]
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Sometimes the box score can be deceiving. Despite dominating the majority of play, the Muskie girls’ hockey team skated to a narrow 2-1 victory over the Lake of the Woods Bears in exhibition action last night at the Ice for Kids Arena. “The girls passed quite well,” coach Chris Hill […]
There currently are two classes of volleyball in Northwestern Ontario: Dryden and everybody else. The Eagles and Dryden’s club team—the Whiskey Jacks—re-staked their city’s claim to the region’s volleyball crown by winning both the ‘A’ and ‘B’ titles at the junior volleyball tournament hosted by the Kenora Broncos over the […]
The Muskie girls’ volleyball teams earned a split against the host Kenora Broncos in NorWOSSA action yesterday. The junior Muskie spikers (2-2) rallied from an opening set loss to defeat the Broncos (0-3) in four sets. After losing the first set 25-15, the black-and-gold took the next three by scores […]
The Muskie boys’ basketball program is on a roll, with both the junior and senior squads earning victories against the host Kenora Broncos in NorWOSSA action yesterday. The seniors improved to 4-0 with a 65-51 over the Broncos, who are winless in three tries so far this season. “Although we […]
The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team finished fourth at Westgate Collegiate’s “Spike Off 2” tournament in Thunder Bay over the weekend after losing to the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) in the semi-finals. The black-and-gold struggled to find consistency in their service game and dropped the first set 25-19 to […]
The Dryden Eagles continued their NorWOSSA volleyball dominance by beating both the junior and senior Muskie squads yesterday at Fort High. The junior Muskies took to the court first and quickly were dispatched in straight sets by scores of 25-18, 25-4, and 25-11. Afterwards, Muskie head coach Jeff Rajala lauded […]
The Muskie junior and senior boys’ basketball teams took divergent paths but arrived at the same destination in beating the Dryden Eagles yesterday at Fort High. The juniors took to the court first and dominated all facets of the game en route to a 49-22 victory. “Overall, I was quite […]
The Muskie senior boys’ basketball came up one game short at the La Place Rendez-Vous Invitational tournament here over the weekend. The Churchill Trojans (Thunder Bay) proved too much for the black-and-gold in the tourney final Saturday, outscoring the home side 28-14 in the second quarter en route to a […]
Progress sometimes is a slow process—especially when dealing with junior high school athletes. After a less-than-ideal start to the season, the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team has been making slow but steady improvement. Their latest step forward came at the St. Anne Collegiate junior varsity tournament in St. Anne, Man. […]
Jeff Rajala is experiencing déjà vu. In each of his two years at the helm of the Muskie junior girls’ volleyball squad, Rajala has seen his charges compete well against the Kenora Broncos and struggle mightily against the Dryden Eagles—the latter being widely recognized as the class of the NorWOSSA […]
What a difference a week can make. Last Tuesday night, Muskie boys’ hockey coach Shane Bliss stood outside his team’s dressing room fuming after a 5-2 win over the Ely Timberwolves. Despite the win, Bliss was irate with what he felt was a lacklustre effort from his charges. Fast forward […]
