This Friday during the high school’s lunch hour is when hopeful players for the Muskie girls’ hockey team will file into a classroom and thus begin the tryout process. “It’s not going to be anything to crazy, but we want them to start thinking about things,” said assistant coach Chris […]
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The Muskie train that will be gearing towards OFSAA will be boarding passengers next week—and letting some off the week after—as the team has set the dates for their tryouts. But that train won’t have to travel far to reach the all-Ontarios—in case you’ve had your head stuck in a […]
The time was supposed to be tomorrow afternoon. The place was supposed to be the Sturgeon Creek football field in Winnipeg. The event was supposed to be an exhibition game between the Muskies and Sturgeon Creek Schooners. But a phone call from Schooners coach, Brett Watt, changed all that. Muskie […]
While the rest of us will be huddled near our fireplaces, they will be basking in the sun at Palm Springs. Brian Johnstone, who is the professional out of the Heron Landing Golf Club, and Sheldon Perrault, Chuck McPherson, and Shaun Jourdain, won the John Deere World Championship regional tournament […]
Last Monday, Scott Dingwall and Jeff Gustafson weren’t even sure where they would be fishing this weekend. But a last-minute decision proved to be fortuitous as the pair won the inaugural International Falls Bass Championship this past weekend. Dingwall from Dryden and Gustafson from Kenora had originally planned to fish […]
The Chicago Bulls accomplished it in the early 90s. The Toronto Maple Leafs did it in the early 60s, while the Oakland Athletics attained the footnote in the early 70s. And with their 8-5 victory over Rainy River last night, Sight & Sound accomplished the rarely seen “three-peat.” “I personally […]
Tonight could be the night. Tonight could be the night that Sight & Sound claim the Rainy River District Fastball League championship and thus collect a rarity in sport—a championship “three-peat.” But the two-time defending champs will have their work cut out for them if they hope to accomplish such […]
He intended to do it and, earlier this month, Gavin Paull said he would do it. “We’re ready to win at the fair, that’s what we’re going for,” Paull had announced. And Paull did just that Saturday night at the Emo Speedway by taking the checkered flag in the 22-car […]
How can you encapsulate 20 plus years of memories into a speech that will take only a few minutes to read? That’s the overwhelming task local resident Jim Curr had to ponder as he prepared the eulogy for his friend, Coun. Struchan Gilson, 63, who passed away suddenly at his […]
Big Grassy Lightning catcher Brian Hook limped back from La Verendrye Hospital last night not knowing what was happening in the semi-final fastball game between his team and Sight & Sound. Hook was taken to the hospital for observation after his chin was struck by a pitch in the top […]
The War of 1812 is now but a speed bump in history. It was fought between the United States and Great Britain from June, 1812 to the spring of 1815, although the peace treaty ending the war was signed in Europe in December, 1814. Most of the fighting occurred along […]
Greg Beller must be doing something right. A relative unknown when the New York Rangers selected him in the sixth round of last month’s NHL entry draft, the Rainy River product turned some heads at the club’s annual prospect camp two weeks ago. He impressed the coaching staff despite being […]
