The Muskie golf team finished third at the first NorWOSSA tournament of the season yesterday. Andrew Easton, Jordan Sinclair, Ben Bruyere, and Alex McDonald shot a combined score of 320. Easton led the black-and-gold with a four-over par 76—placing him fifth overall out of the 72 golfers who competed. Eleven […]
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The Muskie football team kicks off another season of hard-hitting gridiron action this Friday afternoon (Sept. 8) when they host the Kildonan East Eagles at Fort High. Game time is 3 p.m. The black-and-gold are a confident bunch heading into the season as they look to improve upon last year’s […]
The Muskie football team’s training camp is in full swing as the squad prepares for its regular-season opener here Sept. 8 against Kildonan East. But despite having had less than a week of practices to evaluate his players, head coach Bob Swing has been impressed with what he’s seen so […]
The best lessons often are learned in the face of tough opposition. The Sight & Sound Wolves took several valuable lessons away from the North American Fastpitch Association (NAFA) World Series in Appleton and Kimberly, Wis. over past weekend. Foremost amongst the teachings? “We can be competitive down there,” infielder […]
Dale LaBelle and Karl Howells are hoping the third time is lucky. The pair of anglers, from Devlin and Fort Frances, respectively, were the runners-up at the second-annual International Falls Bass Championship that wrapped up Saturday—an improvement of one spot from their third-place finish in the inaugural event a year […]
The mark of a true champion is not how an athlete performs on their best day, but rather how they perform when they are struggling. Jean Dick displayed her championship ability on Sunday at the inaugural Heron Landing Ladies Open golf tournament. Dick persevered through what was admittedly not her […]
You can’t win them all. That was the sentiment expressed by Heron Landing member Mike Dick following the inaugural Senior Men’s Open golf tournament there last Thursday. Dick—the heavy favourite heading into the tournament—had an uncharacteristically inconsistent round of one-over 73 to finish in second place behind Bill Hughes. “Off […]
FORT FRANCES—It was a record-setting day as the second-annual International Falls Bass Championship wrapped up Saturday. John Janousek and Chad Johnson finished atop the field of 60 teams with a two-day combined weight of 30.75 pounds—earning themselves the $10,000 (U.S.) first-place cheque. The duo’s catch easily eclipsed the standard set […]
Jean Dick captured the inaugural Heron Landing Ladies Open golf tournament yesterday, carding a 92 to edge out Sandy Windego by one stroke. Afterwards, Dick was happy with the win despite not playing her best round of golf. “It feels pretty good, actually,” she remarked. “I didn’t think I’d do […]
The Muskie football team’s training camp is in full swing as the squad prepares for its regular-season opener here Sept. 8 against Kildonan East. But despite having had less than a week of practices to evaluate his players, head coach Bob Swing has been impressed with what he’s seen so […]
Bill Hughes won the inaugural Senior Men’s Open yesterday afternoon at the Heron Landing Golf Course on Couchiching. The Texas native, who summers at Clearwater Lake, shot an impressive even-par 72 to capture the title over 57 other golfers divided into four flights. Afterwards, Hughes credited his short game with […]
The Rainy River District Fastball League’s championship game between Barwick and Sight & Sound here last Tuesday night marked not only the end of the season, but the end of an era. After 37 years behind the plate, Lloyd “Gus” Lindberg called his final game—a 9-7 thriller in which Barwick […]
