Curler Guy Hemmings will be touring Rainy River District on Nov. 6-9 with his “Rockin’ The House” tour, which is designed to promote the sport of curling—especially among younger kids—across Canada. Over the course of his four-day visit, Hemmings will be making stops in Atikokan, Fort Frances, Emo, and Stratton […]
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The second-annual Fort Frances Muskie girls’ hockey tournament gets underway tonight at the Memorial Sports Centre. The six-team field, which includes Kenora, Dryden, St. Thomas Aquinas (Kenora), Sioux Lookout, and Altona, has been divided into two pools. Each squad will play the two teams in their pool as well as […]
If the Muskies are going to go far in the WHSFL playoffs this season, they’ll have to do it without head coach Bob Swing. Swing resigned early last week, citing his displeasure with how an internal incident was dealt with by Fort High’s administration. While Swing declined to comment on […]
After a week of waiting for the rest of the Winnipeg High School Football League to complete their regular-season schedule, the Muskies now have some answers to the puzzle that is the playoffs. Firstly, and most importantly, they have an opponent—the Tec Voc Hornets. Astute Muskie fans immediately will wonder […]
It was another tough day for the Muskie boys’ volleyball program as both the junior and senior teams fell to the visiting Kenora Broncos yesterday afternoon. With the losses, both squads remained winless in six league matches. The junior boys got off to a strong start, taking the opening set […]
The best lessons often are those learned through hardship. The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team certainly learned several important ones over the weekend at the Fort Frances High School/Taggs Source for Sports senior girls’ invitational tournament. The black-and-gold finished with a 2-1 record en route to earning third-place honours. But […]
Progress sometimes takes time. Muskie senior boys’ volleyball coach Brian Love has been preaching patience with fans all season—insisting his squad is on the verge of something special despite the fact they’ve yet to win a match in NorWOSSA play. As the losses mounted, Love remained positive—pleased with the progress […]
The Muskie girls’ basketball program is on a roll as both the junior and senior squads dominated the Kenora Broncos in NorWOSSA action here yesterday. The juniors outscored the Broncos 11-2 in the third quarter en route to a convincing 25-13 victory that improved their league record to 5-1. After […]
Three members of the local Sunset Country Squash Club travelled to Winnipeg over the weekend to participate in the Winter Club’s open squash tournament. In the girls’ under-13 & 15 recreational division, Kimika and Anika Alexander both defeated Nochole Wills and Kianna Cadugan by scores of 3-0. Then Kimika blanked […]
The Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team were strong in round-robin play over the weekend in Dryden, but then faltered in the playoffs of a 12-team tourney there. To start, the black-and-gold played their best volleyball of the season in the preliminary round—finishing second in their pool. Fort High played three […]
The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team beat the Westfort Tigers (Thunder Bay) 32-22 here Saturday morning to capture third place at their home tournament. Alyssa Holliday paced the offensive attack with 12 points. The win was a positive ending to what could best be described as an up-and-down weekend. The […]
The four Muskie court teams followed a similar pattern against the host Dryden Eagles yesterday, with only the junior girls’ basketball team coming home with a win. The junior dumped the Eagles 49-23 to improve their NorWOSSA record to 4-1. Kayla Windigo led the way with 15 points. Taylor Meyers […]
