The boys got 55 players to come out; the girls had around 25. Tryouts for the two Muskie hockey squads got underway Tuesday night and the numbers were lower than what both programs expected. “You’d always like to see more and we thought we would have more from last year, […]
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Last Tuesday, 11 Lakehead University students and two group leaders spent the night at the Emo Lions Park. This was just one of their stop-over’s while making their way to Sioux Narrows by way of the river. The students are in there third year from the Lakehead University of Thunder […]
Friday night the place to be was at the heritage barn of Kim and Pat Cornell. Music and song filled the place with blue-grass music that was sure to get your foot tapping. The group calls themselves D. Rangers, this talented group of five are from Kenora and Winnipeg. They […]
Sport can quench your thirst—indulge your senses—satisfy your competitive fire—and it seems that’s exactly what the youth of Fort Frances want. Registrations for a number of sports associations in town took place in the last couple of weeks and all are happy with their numbers. YBC Bowling Yesterday was the […]
Two-hundred and fifty. That was the number that Mirel Bica, who is a coach for the Fort Frances Gymnastics and Visserettes Club, had tattooed on his brain during the summer and the number he hoped the club would reach after all the registrations had been counted. And what’s the verdict? […]
They were broken. Like soldiers in a triage unit, players for Sight & Sound had battle scars that hindered some from walking straight and other scars that even put one in hospital. Their team was beat up, and they had no choice but to forfeit the championship game and thus […]
So what do we know about Miles Mac? “They are very good,” answered Muskie football head coach, Bob Swing. Added offensive co-ordinator, Shane Beckett: “They are a relatively new program and since they’ve been in the league they’ve had a great squad and had a league MVP a couple of […]
Back in July, Bob Swing made a comment to “never say never” in reference to whether the Muskie ‘B’ and ‘C’ football teams would exist this season. Well, the football season is upon us and the shoulder pads and jerseys that are sitting in Fort High’s locker room for those […]
In theory, everything sounds like a good idea, but the implementing of those ideas requires work and commitment. The idea of having a Muskie junior varsity team is no different. There was talk last year of possibly having a junior varsity team in place for this season, but that won’t […]
An exhibition game against the Sturgeon Creek Schooners was to be used by the Muskie coaching staff to make player adjustments and see if their systems complimented their players. But since that exhibition game, which was slated for yesterday, was cancelled on Monday by the Schooners, the Muskies had to […]
Emo Speedway had their season championship on August 27th and the weather didn’t really feel like smiling down once more on the track. Forty-five minutes before race time, large dark clouds began moving its way over the track and the rain started to drizzle down. Luckily, those clouds moved on […]
It came right down to the very last boat to weigh-in to decide the first ever Morson Bass International (MBI) champions on Sunday. In the lead both days one and two, Oliver and Jason Gibbins kept the approximately 225 spectators on the edge of their seats as they showed off […]
