Both Muskie hockey teams will hold their second-last homestand of the NorWOSSA regular season tonight when the Kenora Broncos invade the Memorial Sports Centre. Trailing first-place Dryden by five points, tonight’s game is pivotal for the boys’ squad against the third-place Broncos. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. in the […]
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It had been almost three months since the Muskie boys’ hockey team played the Thunder Bay Midget ‘AAA’ Kings but this past weekend’s results mirrored their first series from early November—two losses. Saturday night’s game was a scoring spree as the final ended up being 8-5 for the visitors. “If […]
The Jim Jackson rink (Fort Frances) slipped to 3-1 at the senior men’s association playdowns being played in Kenora. Jackson, along with third Rob Sinclair, second Glen Jackson, and lead Stan Cottam, shook hands after the fifth end this morning in a 8-2 loss to Alan Hicks (Kenora). Jackson will […]
With the regular season winding down, the Muskie boys’ hockey team will take to the ice here this weekend against an opponent they faced to the start the campaign. The Thunder Bay Midget ‘AAA’ Kings will be in town for exhibition games tomorrow (Saturday) at 7 p.m. at the Ice […]
There aren’t too many positives you can find after a 4-1 loss, but that’s what the Borderland Thunder will try to do after their disappointing defeat at the hands of the host Dryden Ice Dogs last night. “We’ve had slippage in our habits,” said head coach Dave Allison. “We’ve had […]
The annual M.E.C. bonspiel took place last weekend at the Fort Frances Curling Club, with the Ron Bridgeman rink winning the ‘A’ event. His team included Diane Ross, Gary Cousinear, and Ron Mondor. Taking second place in the ‘A’ event was the Ron McLeod rink (also including Becky Robinson, Joc […]
“I live this life until this life won’t let me live here anymore.”—Big & Rich (Live This Life) Tyler Gordon held a puck in his hand. Nothing fancy, just a $1 piece of rubber polymer. But this one was special. This one was different. After a horribly exhausting few weeks […]
Fort Frances and Emo were the Canadian contingent of a four-team Bantam girls’ hockey tournament in International Falls last weekend. The local Pinewood Sports squad opened the tournament against Warroad, and Warroad showed why they were hailed as the favourites with a convincing 10-0 win. Warroad amassed 30 shots on […]
Never seen the look of frustration? Nor the eyes of disappointment? You could have seen both on the face of Anwar Cheblaoui after the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team fell in overtime to the Dryden Eagles here last Thursday afternoon in a game they wanted, had, and then lost. “This […]
Room 134 at Fort Frances High School, which is the Social Science work room, was the place of choice. That’s where the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team met after a disheartening straight-set loss to the Dryden Eagles here last Thursday afternoon. They enclosed themselves in the room for about 20 […]
It’s simple arithmetic, really. You had 16 teams vying for three available spots, which equalled about a 20 percent chance for a team to advance to the provincials heading into the Northwestern Ontario men’s playdowns last Thursday. Those were the odds facing the Lorne Jackson rink which represented Fort Frances […]
“I live this life until this life won’t let me live here anymore.”—Big & Rich (Live This Life) Tyler Gordon held a puck in his hand. Nothing fancy, just a $1 piece of rubber polymer. But this one was special. This one was different. After a horribly exhausting few weeks […]
