Both Muskie girls’ basketball teams struck NorWOSSA gold here Friday. The senior squad, who had earned a bye to the final by virtue of their first-place finish during the regular-season (7-1), edged the Kenora Broncos 31-25. They now advance to the best-of-three NWOSSAA showdown here Nov. 26-27 against the Thunder […]
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The Borderland Thunder will be in Thunder Bay tonight and tomorrow as they look to prove to themselves—and to the rest of the SIJHL—that they deserve to be in first place. That test will come against the undefeated Fort William First Nation North Stars, who sit in second place with […]
Andrew Dault had the opportunity to do something that fans of hockey don’t often see in our great game. With 1,125 seconds having passed in the first period, and the score knotted at notta between the Borderland Thunder and the Dryden Ice Dogs last Friday here, Dault saw an opening, […]
Canada versus the States. That’s what it was really all about when the Muskie girls faced the International Falls Broncos this past Saturday night here. It was labeled as an exhibition game, but was it really? “I think this is always our biggest game of the year, because we want […]
Who can you thank for the enrollment boom the Fort Frances Visserettes and Boys Gymnastics Club has seen since Mirel and Mirela Bica joined on as coaches three years ago? Their three-year-old daughter Julianne, that’s who. A little confused? Well here’s the story as to how the married couple of […]
It’s been almost four years since the unfortunate passing of Mark Hopkins, and still he lives on. In hockey form. The fourth-annual Mark (Hopper) Hopkins’ Memorial Hockey Tournament was held over this past weekend here, and what better way to remember someone than through something the person loved the most. […]
The Borderland Thunder were able to bounce back from their first loss of the season they suffered last week and gain a 4-1 win over the Dryden Ice Dogs here this past Friday. The win gives the Thunder a 12-1-1 record for the year and top spot in the SIJHL, […]
The Muskie court teams were in Kenora yesterday in what was the last games of their respective seasons against the Beaver Brae Broncos. The senior girls’ basketball team beat the Broncos 31-25 to close out the regular season with a 7-1 record and a hold of first place in the […]
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 […]
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 […]
