The top two teams in the SIJHL will go head-to-head tonight and tomorrow as the Borderland Thunder host the Fort William First Nation North Stars at the Ice for Kids Arena. The Thunder—in second place with a 15-3-1 record—will be looking at avenge 9-1 and 9-0 losses to the front-running […]
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Several swimmers with the Fort Frances Aquanauts and one from the Cyclone Swim Club are competing in the annual Prairie Winter International swim meet in Winnipeg. Aquanauts Heather Dutton, 18, Rachel Dutton, 14, Nichole Lowey, 13, and Tahsha Schabler, 14, are scheduled to compete in the 800m free event, which […]
As the Ice Dogs left the ice following the warm-ups Tuesday night, a Thunder fan shouted, “You’re in our house now, Dryden!” And the Thunder defended their house with a gruelling but convincing 4-2 win to give them a 16-3-1 record on the season—good enough for second place in the […]
It had been an exhaustingly long two weeks. Two weeks had passed since the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team last played and it seemed like an eternity. All the waiting, all the anxiety—they couldn’t wait to unleash it all. And when the best-of-three NWOSSAA final finally arrived here Friday afternoon, […]
FORT FRANCES—Though it may not show in the scores, the Borderland Thunder dominated play in a pair of narrow victories over the K&A Variety Golden Hawks in Thunder Bay over the weekend. The wins gave the second-place Thunder a 15-3-1 record, just two points behind the first-place Fort William First […]
Head coach Shane Bliss repeatedly has referred to the Muskie boys’ hockey team as being a growing snowball ever since their 3-0 exhibition win over International Falls here last Tuesday night. Well, that snowball grew last Thursday with a dominating 7-0 shutout over the host Kenora Broncos for their first […]
The host Dryden Eagles scored a pair of late goals to earn a narrow 4-2 win over the Muskie girls’ hockey team in NorWOSSA action last night. Katie McTavish and Sarah O’Sullivan tallied in the losing cause. What had started out so promising ended in another heartache (the black-and-gold lost […]
Though it may not show in the scores, the Borderland Thunder dominated play in a pair of narrow victories over the K&A Variety Golden Hawks in Thunder Bay over the weekend. The wins gave the second-place Thunder a 15-3-1 record, just two points behind the first-place Fort William First Nation […]
The Muskies boys’ hockey team got their first NorWOSSA win last night against the Kenora Broncos in a big way. The black-and-gold scored seven goals on 45 shots while holding the Broncos scoreless on 20 shots to leave the squad 1-2 in NorWOSSA play. A dominant first period by the […]
The Muskies will face the Fort William Collegiate Institute Bears for the NWOSSAA senior girls’ basketball title tomorrow and Saturday at Fort High. The best-of-three showdown will open Friday at 2:15 p.m., with the second game slated for Saturday at 10 a.m. The third game, if necessary, will be played […]
After more than a week lay-off, the Borderland Thunder bounced back from two humiliating losses to the Fort William North Stars with a 2-0 win over the host Dryden Ice Dogs last night. The victory up the Thunder’s record to 13-3-1—good enough for second place in the SIJHL behind the […]
Right at 7:30 p.m. last Thursday, Hannah Firth appeared in the lobby of the Ice for Kids Arena. The third-year Muskie forward’s interview had been scheduled for that time two days beforehand after the squad’s confidence-building 4-3 overtime loss to the Dryden Eagles. And like that game, in which she […]
