“Here they come—the boys in the bright white sports car.” Well, the cars weren’t exactly white at the opening of the stock car racing season at the Emo Speedway on Saturday night, but Trooper’s 1976 hit got one detail right: they were bright. The 24 cars that competed in the […]
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According to her mother, volleyball is Kate Elliott’s sport. Which might explain why she was named the MVP for Muskie senior girls’ volleyball for 2003-04. “Whether we were up on the scoreboard or down on the scoreboard, she excelled in every game,” said senior girls’ coach Char Bliss, who named […]
Two local football players are left before the final tryouts for Football Manitoba’s under-17 team. The team, which will be cut from 55 to 36 during practice June 11-13, will compete against at least six other teams later this summer in Kitchener. Muskie ‘A’ football coach Bob Swing approached a […]
The outgoing president and one of the founders of the FFHS Athletic Association executive was heavily-honoured at the Muskies’ awards banquet last night. Andrew George, who graduates this year after playing basketball and football for Fort High, was named the ‘A’ football team’s MVP, winner of the Brent Ogden Memorial […]
An athlete who qualified for the all-Ontarios twice in the same school year, as well as one who went to OFSAA in consecutive years in two different sports, were crowned as the top female and male Muskie athletes at Tuesday night’s athletic awards banquet at La Place Rendez-Vous. Heather Dutton […]
The Muskies girls’ soccer team is getting set to host the NWOSSAA playoffs this Saturday after winning the NorWOSSA crown last Thursday in Kenora. The girls, who only had played four competitive games going into the two-day NorWOSSA showdown, also were missing coach Struchan Gilson for the tournament. But that […]
When it comes to scoring goals Muskie style, two heads are better than one. Riding a pair of clutch headers by strikers Chris Plett and Matt Basaraba, the Muskie boys’ soccer team built a quick 2-0 lead en route to a 4-1 victory over the Rainy River Owls in the […]
Five hit batters, two ejections, winds gusting at 48 km/h, and one of the most bizarre endings to a ballgame you’re likely to see. It sure wasn’t easy, or pretty, but the Toronto Blue Jays’ four-game losing streak is over. Chris Gomez scored the winning run in the 10th inning […]
Run ’N’ Gun versus Crash ’N’ Bang. The Tampa Bay Lightning and Calgary Flames meet in a Stanley Cup final that has the potential to be the most entertaining in several years, undoubtedly more than last year’s mind-numbing trap festival between the New Jersey Devils and Anaheim Mighty Ducks. “These […]
The Muskie soccer squads are NWOSSAA bound once again. Both won their NorWOSSA finals Thursday afternoon in Kenora, with the girls routing St. Thomas Aquinas 9-0 while the boys upended Rainy River by a 4-1 score. The Muskie girls will host NWOSSAA next Saturday (May 29) while the boys will […]
Both Muskie soccer teams are geared up for the NorWOSSA tournament today and tomorrow in Kenora despite not having played a real game in weeks. The boys attended an exhibition tournament in Winnipeg at the end of April, but the girls only have played against the boys’ rookies and their […]
The SIJHL has discussed league expansion next season with an undisclosed town, but nothing has been formalized yet. Formal meaning no town has given the league an application and a cheque for its fees, said SIJHL president J.P. Heino, though they are hoping to hear from all those interested in […]
