The local Taggs Bantam ‘AA’ hockey team brought home third-place honours from its first tournament of the season—a 10-team showdown held Nov. 11-13 in Portage la Prairie, Man. Just missing top spot in their pool by only one goal after round-robin play, Taggs wound up with the bronze medal after […]
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For those of you die-hard curling fans out there, or if you have never thrown a stone before in your life, the Fort Frances Curling Club is now offering a open fun league on Tuesday nights. But since its inception last week, the club is struggling to find teams to […]
The Muskie girls’ hockey team picked up their first win of the NorWOSSA season last with a 5-1 victory over the Kenora Broncos at the ’52 Canadians Arena. The black-and-gold had opened league play with a tie versus the Dryden Eagles up there. Starting the game off strong and spending […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team improved to 3-0 in NorWOSSA play after their 6-3 victory over the Kenora Broncos last night at the Ice for Kids Arena here. In one of the more physical games the Muskies have played this season, the squad got off to a rough start when […]
The Muskie girls’ hockey team laid a 13-0 shellacking on the Babbitt Knights in exhibition action here Friday night. Forward Katie McTavish got the ball rolling at 9:53 of the first period when she tapped one in to make it 1-0. Then just two minutes later, Lauren Krukoski put the […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team took second place at a tournament in Morden, Man. over the weekend, losing 5-4 to the G.V.C. Zodiacs in the final Saturday afternoon. The black-and-gold had tied the game at 4-4 with less than three minutes to play, but then fell in an overtime shoot-out—their […]
The 22nd-annual Central Canadian Taekwondo championship wrapped up Nov. 5 at the University of Manitoba. Competitors from Fort Frances and district contended against fellow fighters from Ontario and Manitoba for gold, silver, and bronze medals in the form (belt) and sparring categories. Fort Frances resident Sarah Degagne took home a […]
The Muskie junior and senior girls’ basketball teams competed for NorWOSSA gold last Thursday at the league playoffs in Dryden. But despite their dynamic team work and championship attitudes, both squads had to settle for silver after losing in the finals. The first to kick off the playoffs were the […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team kicked off the 2005-06 NorWOSSA regular season here Friday night with a 5-2 win over the Red Lake Rams. The black-and-gold had jumped out to a 2-0 lead after the opening period, but the Rams battled back to tie the game at 2-2 in the […]
The Muskie senior and junior girls’ basketball teams competed for NorWOSSA gold at the league playoffs yesterday in Dryden, but both had to settle for silver in the end. The senior squad kicked off their day with a convincing 30-16 win over the host Eagles in the semi-final showdown. But […]
Both the Muskie senior and junior girls’ basketball teams had one last shot to beat the Eagles on home court before heading into the NorWOSSA playoffs, which go tomorrow in Dryden. Unfortunately for the black-and-gold, it was not to be. Having beaten the Eagles 31-30 here last Thursday, the senior […]
Now into their sixth season on the ice, the Muskie girls’ hockey team continues to push into new territory—literally and figuratively. The team travelled to Winnipeg last weekend to play in the fourth-annual Silver Oak Invitational Tournament, which was the first time they’ve been invited to participate. They also stepped […]
