Local News from Across the Rainy River District
As many young kids, we all played pond hockey and road hockey. I started playing hockey on a beaver pond 400 yards from our house. We did not have real hockey sticks. They were made with a hockey stick handle and a board nailed to it. Our hockey pucks we […]
The Fort Frances Lakers’ first shutout of the season couldn’t have come at a better time. Alex Bugeja was stellar in turning aside all 41 shots he faced to earn his first career SIJHL shutout as the Lakers shut down the league-leading North Stars 2-0 on Saturday night here as […]
Florida State Seminoles divers Molly Carlson and Joshua Davidson are heading to the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships after qualifying at the Zone ‘B’ Championships at the Gabrielsen Natatorium on Monday. Carlson began the day by finishing second in a tight 1-metre field with a total of 579.75 and Davidson […]
It was a day of mixed results for the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team at the OFSAA ‘AA’ girls’ volleyball championship in Kingsville yesterday. The Muskies opened Pool ‘D’ play yesterday afternoon with a 2-1 win (26-24, 17-25 and 15-11) over Eden High School (St. Catharines) before then falling in […]
NorWOSSA gold. Sweet, sweet NorWOSSA gold. Jill Calder and Abbie Kenny both scored in the shootout to lift the Muskie girls’ hockey team to a thrilling 2-1 win over the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) in the third-and-deciding game of the NorWOSSA final last night at the Ice For Kids […]
It was a tough go of it for the Owen Riches and Ashley Payne rinks at the U18 provincials held Wednesday through yesterday in Sault Ste. Marie. Neither of the local teams were able to make the playoffs in their respective divisions. Team Riches, which also featured Kian McEvoy (lead), […]
It was daunting task but the weekend turned out about as well as they could have imagined. The Fort Frances Lakers took three of a possible four points against the defending SIJHL champion Thunder Bay North Stars in a home-and-home series with a 6-5 overtime loss on the road Friday […]
The Muskie girls’ and boys’ hockey teams came up with some big-time performances with their seasons on the line. Both squads came away with crucial wins in Game 2 over the weekend to knot their respective best-of-three NorWOSSA finals at a game apiece. Trailing 3-1 in the second period, the […]
It was a great day if you were a member of the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora). Not so great if you were a Muskie. The Saints were able to draw first blood against the Muskie boys’ and girls’ hockey teams as they both won Game 1 of their respective […]
The Fort Frances Lakers followed up some of their worst games of the season with one of their best performances of the year in a 5-3 win over the rival Dryden GM Ice Dogs on Tuesday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. Mathieu Harrold potted the eventual winner seven-and-a-half […]
The Fort Frances Lakers haven’t made things easy on themselves as of late and it’s time to get back to work. The squad has dropped its last four games and with the SIJHL’s Bill Salonen Cup Playoffs quickly approaching, Lakers’ head coach and general manager is stressing that his players […]
Basketball is a game of runs and in the end the Muskie senior boys’ squad just didn’t have enough to match their opponents. The St. Ignatius Falcons (Thunder Bay) used a relentless full-court pressure and excellent second halves in both games to sweep the best-of-three NWOSSAA championship against the Muskies […]
