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The Muskie girls’ and boys’ hockey teams were able to draw first blood in their respective best-of-three NorWOSSA semifinal series on Tuesday night. Tatum Glowasky scored with 42.3 seconds remaining in overtime to lift the Muskie girls to a comeback 3-2 win over the Sioux Lookout Warriors in the opener […]

Saturday, Feb. 22 was the perfect day for the Rick Bourre Memorial Fishing Derby. Brilliant sunshine and mild temperatures had about 150 participants pour onto the ice of the Rainy River at the town’s Hannam Park. Dozens of holes were drilled awaiting the enthusiastic anglers, young and old, wanting to […]

Going up against the best in the province can be nerve wracking for any athlete. But the four members of the Muskie Nordic skiing team remained calm and put in great performances at the OFSAA championships held in Huntsville last Wednesday and Thursday as call came away with a top-40 […]

It seemed for the most part of three periods that the Dryden GM Ice Dogs were going to cruise to another win over their SIJHL rival Fort Frances Lakers as the hosts couldn’t find the back of the net.Tyler Malpass had other plans. The 20-year-old forward scored a pair of […]

The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team is getting used to what it means to be the cream of the crop. The top-ranked Muskies used a complete team effort to claim a 3-0 win over the second-place Dryden Eagles in the NorWOSSA final on Monday afternoon at Fort High. It was […]

THUNDER BAY, Ont.–The SIJHL announced last Thursday its format and timeline for the upcoming Bill Salonen Cup playoffs. The first round of the SIJHL post-season will feature a pair of best-of-five quarterfinal series, which are slated to run between March 17-24. Those match-ups features the No. 3 seeded team taking […]

It was a banner day for the Muskie basketball teams on Monday at Fort High. Both the senior and junior boys’ teams came away with big-time performances to snag the championship trophies in their respective finals. The top-ranked senior squad, who earned a bye to the final by virtue of […]

If they were feeling any nerves, they certainly didn’t let it show in how they played. The Rainy River Owls’ junior girls’ volleyball team capped an undefeated year in NorWOSSA ‘A’ play by snaring gold in the championship game with a 2-0 win over the Pelican Falls Timberwolves last Thursday […]

Talk about a great finish to the NorWOSSA season for the Muskie court sports teams. Three of the four squads were able to claim NorWOSSA gold in their respective finals yesterday at Fort High. The top-ranked senior boys’ basketball team secured their second straight crown with a hard fought 61-54 […]

It was a fantastic end to the season for members of the Muskie Nordic skiing team at the OFSAA championships held in Hunstville on Wednesday and Thursday. The four-member contingent that Fort High sent to the all-Ontarios all competed hard and came away with some great finishes. Emma Toriseva had […]

The Dryden GM Ice Dogs saw the Fort Frances Lakers get a pair of goals with an extra-attacker late in regulation before regrouping and winning 3-2 in a shootout in SIJHL action yesterday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena. Dryden (22-22-4) started off strong by notching markers in the […]

Jamie Mountain The only thing consistent for the Fort Frances Lakers this SIJHL season is inconsistent play. That was the theme once again over the weekend as the squad had a great effort in taking down the visiting Red Lake Miners 5-2 on Friday night but came out flat and […]