He’s baaaaack. After a six-year absence from the position, former Fort High principal Ian Simpson is back as a coach for the Muskies. He and his daughter, Marla, are heading this year’s senior girls’ basketball team and he’s loving every minute of it. “It’s wonderful being back,” Simpson remarked. “I’ve […]
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A crowd of players with the stress levels of Bill Clinton after his scandal with Monica Lewinsky was uncovered crammed outside of the doorway to the Muskie locker-room waiting to be called in, where they would be told either “yea” or “nay.” Inside that locker-room last Thursday night were the […]
The good news for the Muskies heading into their game here last Friday against the Sturgeon Creek Schooners was that they knew they could beat them. They did that in an exhibition game last season by a score of 18-0—and had won the previous four match-ups with the Schooners, who […]
Glenn Mills and Johnny Lundon, the assistant professionals at Kitchen Creek Golf Club here, teed off today at the 2005 Titleist & Footjoy Canadian PGA Assistants’ Championship near Toronto. Lundon teed off at 11:54 a.m. today and then will do so again at 8:45 a.m. tomorrow. Mills, meanwhile, got going […]
The Muskie defence forced the Sturgeon Creek Schooners to cough up the ball six times here Friday afternoon in their home-opener of the young Winnipeg High School Football League season. Unfortunately, the Muskie offence couldn’t capitalize, turning the ball over five times at critical junctures as the black-and-gold lost 6-0 […]
Two of the four Muskie court teams will get their first taste of competition this weekend. The senior boys’ volleyball squad is hitting the road for a tournament in Thunder Bay while the junior girls’ basketball team is off to Dryden. Junior girls’ coach Dan Bird said the tournament will […]
The goal is stamping a ticket to OFSAA, but the first task facing Muskie girls’ hockey head coach Lynn Kellar and the rest of his staff is picking the team to get there. “Our goal is to win NorWOSSA and go to OFSAA, and I think this team is capable […]
“For every action, there is a reaction and the lesson is learned from the consequences from each reaction, meaning there is no action without a purpose. “Every movement, thought, and breath holds a distinctive purpose, but it’s the simple actions that truly hold the greatest leverage in our lives.” Muskie […]
Steve Wood is irate. No, make that incensed. No, make that enraged. No, even better, make that indignant. With rumours swirling recently about the future of the Kitchen Creek Golf Club, the club pro sat behind his desk Sunday afternoon—while 81 members were hitting the links for the club’s championship—with […]
Steve Wood is irate. No, make that incensed. No, make that enraged. No, even better, make that indignant. With rumours swirling recently about the future of the Kitchen Creek Golf Club, the club pro sat behind his desk Sunday afternoon—while 81 members were hitting the links for the club’s championship—with […]
With his mullet in mid-form and a mustache that was still in the peach-fuzz stage, Shane Bliss was 14 years old when his world almost came apart. Having just played in his first year with the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association, Bliss, who is from Emo, had had a good […]
To say it didn’t go according to plan would be an understatement. After four years in the “AA” division (now known as the Kas Vidruk Division), the Muskies were welcomed into the Andy Curry Division (formerly the ‘A’ division) with a 50-7 loss to the Miles Mac Buckeyes on Friday […]
