Both Muskie girls’ basketball teams extended their NorWOSSA winning streaks here yesterday while the two boys’ volleyball squads remained winless for their seasons. The senior girls downed the Kenora Broncos 31-20 for their fourth-straight win to remain atop the standings with a 4-1 record. Rebecca Cornell led the way with […]
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The Borderland Thunder will look to remain unbeaten in SIJHL play when they square off against the winless Thunder Bay Bulldogs tonight and tomorrow night at the Fort William Gardens. The Thunder, who sit atop the league standings with a 7-0-1 record, shut out the Bulldogs 7-0 and 6-0 here […]
Mike Busch hunched over, unwound his basketball briefcase, took out the team’s scorekeeping book, and flipped to the page that unveiled—all at once—the team’s strengths and flaws. Busch, head coach of the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team, pointed to the attempts made by the Dryden Eagles here last Thursday (not […]
He wants it, and he’ll take it. Any finger-pointing, any criticism, any jabbering that anybody might have towards the Muskie varsity (‘A’) football team’s season can be directed to head coach Bob Swing. “I’ll take the heat for whatever they say negatively. That’s on me,” Swing said after the team’s […]
The Borderland Thunder began their SIJHL season on Sept. 25. It’s now Oct. 20 and the team has yet to lose a league game—winning seven-straight after opening with a 1-1 tie on the road against the Fort William First Nation North Stars. They have scored 34 goals over that eight-game […]
The Borderland Thunder extended their SIJHL unbeaten string to eight games with convincing victories over the Thunder Bay Bulldogs here Friday and Saturday. The Thunder outshot the winless Bulldogs 59-26 on Friday night en route to a 7-0 shutout. “It was a pretty good game. No one skated overly hard, […]
It wasn’t much of a homecoming for the Muskie varsity ‘A’ football team on Friday afternoon as the visiting Oak Park Raiders stormed away with a 46-7 victory. The loss left the Muskies with a 1-5 record for seventh place in the eight-team ‘AA’ conference of the Winnipeg High School […]
Both Muskie boys’ volleyball are still looking for their first wins five games into the NorWOSSA season. The senior boys were swept 3-0 by the visiting Dryden Eagles yesterday afternoon by scores of 25-20, 25-17, and 25-12. “We show great practices, but game time, not so good,” said co-coach Adrian […]
After a slow start to the season, both Muskie girls’ basketball teams are now riding three-game winning streaks. The senior girls edged the visiting Dryden Eagles yesterday afternoon by a 26-22 margin, but the score could have been much more lopsided, said Carley McCormick. “We are used to being a […]
The Borderland Thunder will be gunning to extend their SIJHL unbeaten streak to seven games tonight when they square off against the winless Thunder Bay Bulldogs at the Ice for Kids Arena. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. The Thunder are tied for first place in the SIJHL with the […]
The Muskie girls’ basketball teams made it two-straight wins on Tuesday in Kenora but both boys’ volleyball teams remain winless in NorWOSSA play. The senior squad improved their record to 2-1 with a 40-35 win over the host Broncos while the junior team is now 2-2 after edging Kenora 35-33. […]
As a large duffel bag hung over his left shoulder, he showed a faint smile to go along with his five o’clock shadow. He strode out of the Muskies’ locker-room destined for the team bus, wearing a black leather jacket, a dark green dress shirt tucked neatly in his dark […]
