Football is a game of execution. It doesn’t matter how many plays a team has in its playbook or how many different looks its defence can show the opposition. At the end of the day, all that counts is which team executed their plays more efficiently. Case in point, last […]
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The Muskie golf team capped off the fall season with a fourth-place finish yesterday at the NWOSSAA showdown at Heron Landing. Ben Bruyere, Alex McDonald, Andrew Easton, and Jordan Sinclair shot a combined 343—one stroke behind third-place St. Ignatius (Thunder Bay). Bruyere was the low Muskie on the challenging Heron […]
The Winnipeg High School Football League can be an unforgiving place for teams that don’t help themselves. The caliber of play in the WHSFL is such that often the margin between winning and losing comes down to only a handful of plays. Therefore, it is essential that teams seize upon […]
Hopes are high surrounding the Muskie golf team as they prepare for the NWOSSAA tournament taking place tomorrow (Sept. 28) at Heron Landing on Couchiching. And why shouldn’t they be? The Muskies have placed among the top three in each of the three NorWOSSA tournaments this fall—finishing second twice and […]
Wayne “Scamp” Morrisseau loved to golf. The former Couchiching resident was one of the first to get a membership at Heron Landing when it first opened and he later marshaled there. “He loved golfing,” recalled his brother, Cal Morrisseau. “He loved to be out here whenever he could.” Other members […]
It’s often said that there is no substitute when it comes to experience. If the adage holds true, then great things can be expected of this year’s Muskie junior girls’ basketball team. The black-and-gold are returning no fewer than 10 players from last year’s squad—a fact that has head coach […]
Three district stock car racers posted impressive results at the Wissota 100 event in Rice Lake, Wis. last weekend. Steve Arpin was the top local finisher, placing second in Sunday’s 24-car ‘A’ modified feature race. Arpin started ninth on the grid, but made his way through the field over the […]
The Muskie golf team is on a roll. The black-and-gold continued their string of top three finishes yesterday by taking second place at a NorWOSSA tournament in Red Lake. Andrew Easton, Jordan Sinclair, Alex McDonald, Kevin Jackson, and Ben Bruyere shot a combined 338 to take runner-up honours. Easton was […]
The Muskie football team earned a big road win yesterday afternoon, defeating the host Dryden Eagles 16-13 in Winnipeg High School Football action. Running back Terry Carmody led the Muskie offensive attack-carrying the ball 31 times for 193 yards and a touchdown. Carmody also had roughly 30 yards in receptions, […]
The last of the summer ladies’ scrambles took place Aug. 29, with about 40 golfers participating. This was a best-ball format again and cash prizes were handed out. The only thing left to finish the ladies’ season is the wind-up banquet. This year’s banquet will be held Tuesday, Sept. 26 […]
After two extremely tough seasons, there is light at the end of the tunnel for the Muskie junior boys’ volleyball team. Head coach Greg Ste. Croix identified what he believes is the main reason the black-and-gold managed only a single win during the past two seasons—and spent this year’s tryouts […]
Entries for the 2007 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, which will be held next July 26-28, must be received by Sept. 30. The entry fee is $1,250 per two-person team. There is a 100 percent payback (i.e., the total of the entry fees are returned to the anglers as cash […]
