Once again it was a junior team that prevented the Muskies from being swept. This time, the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team came away with a 49-26 victory over the Dryden Eagles in NorWOSSA action here yesterday afternoon, boosting their record to 2-4 with only two games left before the […]
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The Lorne Jackson rink of Fort Frances faced a must-win situation in their draw which started at noon (EST) today in order to stay alive at the Northwestern Ontario men’s curling playdowns in Terrace Bay. They were up against Wayne Hampson of Red Lake (the outcome wasn’t known by press […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team was not able to close the gap with the first-place Dryden Eagles, falling by a 2-1 score there last night. Brian White had the lone goal for the black-and-gold, which came unassisted on the power play in the third period. “It wasn’t such a bad […]
It wasn’t just cold, it was freakin’ cold. Forgive the language, but if you attended the 25th-annual “Freeze Yer Gizzard Blizzard Run” at Rainy River Community College in International Falls on Saturday afternoon, then you probably would have been using language much cruder than that. “Why? It’s probably the same […]
Coulda-woulda-shouda. These three words may have been used to distinguish a popular “Sex in the City” episode, but they also can describe the Borderland Thunder’s performance in Thunder Bay last weekend. Sure, they won two of the three games, but against inferior competition they coulda-woulda-shouda played much better. And, of […]
After all the games had been played (68), all the entry fees taken from the 36 rinks (around $6,480), and a number of drinks poured and consumed (yet to be determined), Glen Edwards and his crew walked away from the 11th-annual “Icebox Days” bonspiel with the ‘A’ title in tow. […]
It will be a busy day for Muskie athletes against their Kenora counterparts. All four court teams are in Kenora this afternoon for their fifth game of the NorWOSSA season. The junior girls’ volleyball team sports the best record going into action today, sitting at 2-2. The junior boys’ basketball […]
If the proverbial brass monkey had been left outside Friday night in Cochenour, he surely would have had his tail frozen off. The temperature outside fell to minus-52, but inside the Cochenour arena, the Muskie boys’ hockey team heated up the scoreboard in their best performance of the season so […]
The Borderland Thunder went 2-1 over the weekend in Thunder Bay to boost their SIJHL record to 24-5-2 to remain in second place behind the Fort William First Nation North Stars. The Thunder won 6-2 over the struggling K&A Golden Hawks yesterday afternoon. Ryan Mayman started things off in the […]
The annual “Ice Box Days” bonspiel hits the ice at the Fort Frances Curling Club starting tomorrow with one of the biggest fields ever in its 11-year history. Some 36 rinks, including many from this side of the border, are set to compete. Lorne Jackson of Fort Frances is the […]
“Hunger to make it to the Scott.” That’s how lead Andrea Lee, formerly of Stratton and now living in Thunder Bay, responded when asked what her rink’s goal was. “That’s always our goal,” she added. That also is the goal of her younger sister, Angela, who is the skip, along […]
You didn’t just feel the tension, you could see it, too. Before they stepped onto the ice for their first draw at the Northwestern Ontario ladies’ playdowns here last Thursday, the local Kathie Jackson rink stretched and limbered up to prepare their joints for the three-day competition. They stood there […]
