After giving up a late goal to tie the Dryden Eagles 4-4 here Tuesday, the Muskie boys’ hockey team exacted revenge with a 5-4 victory up there last night. Meanwhile, the Muskie girls’ hockey team, coming off their first win in NorWOSSA play this season with a 2-1 victory over […]
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The Muskie junior boys’ basketball team beat the host Kenora Broncos 40-33 in their NorWOSSA semi-final match this morning. They now will play the Dryden Eagles for the gold medal at 5 p.m. Morgan Anderson led the Muskies against Kenora with nine points while Scott Gurski added seven. Meanwhile, the […]
The Gavel racing team was able to claim six of nine possible trophies last weekend in Thompson, Man. John Gavel placed first in the Masters final, second in the 30+ Open final, and third in the 30+ final. Rob Gavel, meanwhile, collected a second-place trophy in the Open final to […]
After an embarrassing straight-set loss to the Dryden Eagles there last Thursday, the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team needed to end their NorWOSSA regular season on a high note. And they did just that with a convincing 3-1 win over the Kenora Broncos here yesterday afternoon. “This was a very […]
Maddening is perhaps one way to describe the up-and-down play of the Borderland Thunder 40 games into the season. After losing to the Dryden Ice Dogs up there last Wednesday night, the Thunder went 1-2 on a road trip to Thunder Bay over the weekend, falling to the first-place Fort […]
When asked what one thing he would have changed during his five-year tenure behind the bench of the Muskie girls’ hockey team, Jim McMahon took a moment, let out a gasp as if he was about to say something, took another moment, and then replied: “I probably would’ve ordered a […]
The front-running Dryden Eagles will be in town tonight to face the Muskie boys’ hockey team, which currently sits in second place in NorWOSSA with the regular season winding down. Game time is set for 7:15 p.m. at the Ice for Kids Arena. The Eagles sport an impressive 12-1-1-1 mark […]
The Fort Frances Canadians Midget ‘AA’ hockey team earned a narrow 4-3 victory over host Ely on Saturday afternoon. Ely got on the board first, but Brian Glavish tied the score with Tyler Harris drawing the assist. Kirk Petrin (Scott Gurski) made it 2-1 in the second, but Ely battled […]
Things really couldn’t have gone any worse for the Borderland Thunder this past week. Coming off a disappointing 3-2 loss to the Dryden Ice Dogs there last Wednesday night, the Thunder headed to Thunder Bay to meet the Fort William First Nation North Stars on Friday night before a pair […]
The Muskie court teams finally resumed NorWOSSA action yesterday afternoon in Dryden after an extended break only to be swept by the host Eagles. The junior girls’ volleyball team lost in five sets (25-13, 19-25, 14-25, 25-20, and 10-15), which dropped their NorWOSSA record to 3-4 on the season. The […]
An 18-shot third period, in which the Muskie boys’ hockey team scored twice, gave them a come-from-behind 3-2 win over rival International Falls Broncos over there last night—and subsequent “bragging rights on the beach” come summer. Confused? Let Muskie head coach Shane Bliss explain. “That term came from Terry Ogden […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team will be crossing the border tonight for an exhibition showdown against the International Falls Broncos. The puck drops at 7 p.m. at Bronco Arena. The last time these two teams faced each other was here back in late November, which the Muskies won 3-0. The […]
