Let the action begin! The 25th-annual Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts gets underway this Sunday (Jan. 29) with a meet-and-greet at 8 p.m. at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The first draw then goes Monday, Jan. 30 at 1:30 p.m., with opening ceremonies slated for 7 p.m. A game to […]
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The Muskie boys’ hockey team cruised to a 7-2 win over the Dryden Eagles in NorWOSSA action here Friday night in a game originally scheduled back in November but cancelled due to the weather. “Overall it was a better effort then we had on Tuesday in Dryden,” noted Muskie head […]
From Kitty Cat racing when he was four years old to world champion at 13, Curtis Boivin certainly is making things happen in the world of snowmobile racing. Last weekend, the Fort Frances native was up against seven other racers in his age division for the title of world champion […]
All four Muskie court teams, along with the boys’ and girls’ hockey squads, are in action today. The boys’ hockey team, coming off a two-game sweep of the Red Lake Rams over the weekend, are in Dryden tonight gunning for their third-straight win over the Eagles in NorWOSSA play. The […]
The Muskie boys’ and girls’ hockey teams both swept their two-games series against the Red Lake Rams over the weekend. The boys blanked the Rams 5-0 on Friday night, then cruised to a 9-0 shellacking on Saturday afternoon. Brett Meyers and Tyson Romyn each netted first-period goals Friday night. Josh […]
The Northwestern men’s curling playdowns wrapped yesterday with no local rink advancing to the Kia Cup (provincials) coming up Feb. 6-11 in Nipigon. Lorne Jackson and Anthony Smaha both were eliminated from further contention on Friday—the second day of competition. Jackson finished with a 1-3 record, getting knocked out with […]
The Muskie boys’ and girls’ hockey teams both fell to the Kenora Broncos in NorWOSSA action here last night. For the boys, it was their first league loss of the season. “We’ve just been playing inconsistent,” Muskie head coach Shane Bliss said after the team’s 5-3 setback to Kenora. “It’s […]
Two Fort Frances rinks are in Geraldton this weekend with hopes of advancing to the provincial men’s playdowns next month. Lorne Jackson now sits at 1-2 after falling 8-7 to Nipigon this morning. Jackson had opened with a 11-6 loss to a Port Arthur rink yesterday afternoon, but then rebounded […]
The local Taggs ‘AA’ Bantam hockey team beat out 18 squads at the Steel City International ‘AAB’ tournament held in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. over the weekend. This was the team’s fourth tourney championship this season while extending their winning streak to 26 games. Taggs captured the championship with a […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team captured the bronze medal at a tournament in Winnipeg last week when they beat Miles Mac—the ninth-ranked team in Manitoba—by a score of 11-2. “For not playing our best hockey, coming in third wasn’t too bad,” said Muskie head coach Shane Bliss. “We have some […]
In a nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat kind of game, the Dryden Eagles edged the Muskie girls’ hockey team 4-3 in NorWOSSA action Saturday night at the Ice for Kids Arena here. “The first two periods, the girls were a bit slow,” noted Muskie assistant coach Chris Hill. “They were flat and they […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team dumped Miles Mac 11-2 to claim the bronze medal at a tournament in Winnipeg last week. The black-and-gold had opened the tourney with a 5-2 win over Lord Selkirk and a 6-1 victory against St. John’s Ravenscourt. But the Muskies then suffered their first loss, […]
