The Borderland Thunder will be taking the ice tonight at the Ice for Kids Arena against the Dryden Ice Dogs. Game time is slated for 7:30 p.m. The Thunder will be looking to bounce back after suffering their first loss of the regular season this past Saturday here against the […]
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The best way to describe the Borderland Thunder before they headed into last weekend’s two-game series here against the K&A Variety Golden Hawks would be like this. They were in a bubble, folks—a bubble that kept growing with every win and every lopsided decision. Sheltered from any hardships. They were […]
“Can I get the seniors to stand up?” Muskie coach Greg Allan asked as he began to address the team before they took the field for warm-ups prior to their quarter-final game against the Churchill Bulldogs last Friday in Winnipeg. “This game is potentially a last game for some people,” […]
The Muskie varsity ‘A’ football team ended its season Friday in Winnipeg with a 28-1 loss to the Churchill Bulldogs in the quarter-finals of the WHSFL’s ‘AA’ conference. The seventh-ranked Muskies (1-6), having allowed the most points over the regular season, were the definite underdogs against the second-seeded Bulldogs (6-1)—the […]
The Borderland Thunder did something here Saturday that they haven’t done all season—they lost. The Thunder showed why they are the top team in the SIJHL with a convincing 7-1 win over the K&A Variety Golden Hawks on Friday night to extend their league unbeaten string to 12. But Saturday […]
The Borderland Thunder will be looking to improve their best start in franchise history when the host the K&A Variety Golden Hawks tonight and tomorrow at the Ice for Kids Arena. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. and 5 p.m., respectively. “I thought we could do this, but we still […]
If a group of football players come knocking at your door tonight wearing their jerseys, it’s not because they’re getting an early jump on Hallowe’en trick-or-treating. Rather, the Muskie Touchdown Booster Club is conducting a second “blitz” night to sell its discount cards. The cards, which cost $30 each, feature […]
Leaders are supposed to lead by example, and if that’s the case, then Rebecca Cornell can now be referred to as Rebecca the Great, in honour of the greatest leader of them all, Alexander. Cornell, captain of the senior girls’ basketball team, once again led her squad to victory yesterday […]
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand why the Borderland Thunder are still undefeated in SIJHL play after 10 games. Just turn on your computer, double-click on the Internet icon on your desktop, type in www.sijhl.com in the address box, move your pointer to the statistics icon in the […]
Why not? If the Boston Red Sox did it, then why can’t the Muskie varsity (‘A’) football team? If the Red Sox came back down 3-0 to the N.Y. Yankees to win the American League pennant and advance to the World Series, then why can’t the Muskies beat the Churchill […]
The Borderland Thunder remain undefeated in the SIJHL play after sweeping the host Thunder Bay Bulldogs on Friday and Saturday, giving them a 9-0-1 record and first place. The Thunder fired 57 shots on the Bulldogs en route to a 9-0 victory Friday night, netting three goals in each period. […]
The Muskie varsity (‘A’) football team ended its regular season here Friday afternoon with a 35-0 loss to the River East Kodiaks. The loss left the black-and-gold with a 1-6 record and in seventh place in the eight-team ‘AA’ conference of the WHSFL, meaning they’ll face the number-two ranked Churchill […]
