The Muskie cheerleaders won’t be participating in the provincial championship next month in Mississauga after all. Since placing first in the large (20+ members) all-girl event at the regional showdown in Thunder Bay late last month, the black-and-gold have lost three team members, making it to difficult to redesign their […]
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Local players Megan Canfield, 18, and Steven Boileau, 14, helped Northwestern Ontario finish seventh in the squash competition at the Ontario Winter Games in London last weekend. The team had been ranked sixth out of eight heading into the Games, where scores were based on all eight-team members (i.e., one […]
There still was some Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association action at the Emo Arena this past week. In the PeeWee division, the Thunderbolts did not fare well, losing three of four games. The Emo Cobras got three first-period tallies and one more in the second en route to a 4-1 win […]
A dozen members of the Fort Frances K of C Knights PeeWee ‘AA’ squad have joined three players from Kenora and another two from Red Lake to compete in the regional playoffs this weekend in Schreiber. The team, which also includes Knights coach Don McCool on its coaching staff, will […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team is spending their March Break preparing for battle. The squad leaves Sunday for London, where they will practice Monday and Tuesday before opening action at the all-Ontarios next Wednesday at 7:30 (CST) versus the Orangeville Bears. The black-and-gold—seeded fourth overall—will play in Pool ‘D.’ After […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team have been seeded fourth at the all- Ontarios next week in London. The black-and-gold will open action next Wednesday (March 24) at 8:30 a.m. against the Orangeville Bears. “It’s a pretty good draw,” said Muskie head coach Shane Bliss. “These are the top 20 teams […]
The Borderland Thunder wrestled home-ice advantage from the Dryden Ice Dogs after splitting the first two games of their best-ofseven semi-final series up there over the weekend. The Thunder rebounded from a 2-0 loss Friday night with a 7-3 victory in Game 2 on Saturday. Borderland now will host the […]
The Borderland Thunder wrestled home-ice advantage from the Dryden Ice Dogs after splitting the first two games of their best-of-seven semi-final series up there over the weekend. The Thunder rebounded from a 2-0 loss Friday night with a 7-3 victory in Game 2 on Saturday. Borderland now will host the […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team have been seeded fourth at the all-Ontarios next week in London. The black-and-gold will open action next Wednesday (March 24) at 8:30 a.m. against the Orangeville Bears. “It’s a pretty good draw,” said Muskie head coach Shane Bliss. “These are the top 20 teams in […]
Last weekend Winnipeg, this weekend London for local gymnastics coach Mirela Bica. Bica travelled to Winnipeg with three Visserettes who competed in the 2004 Premier Flight 4 event as part of their qualifiers for then provincials. Then tomorrow, she’ll head off to London to be a judge for the Ontario […]
The Muskie cheerleaders practised Tuesday evening while their coaches and parents held a meeting. The squad earned a berth to the provincial championships back on Feb. 29 but now has to come up with the money to send all 21 of them and their coaches to Mississauga at the end […]
Costly turnovers and bad shooting by the Muskies helped the Port Arthur Collegiate Redmen (Thunder Bay) sweep the best-of-three NWOSSAA boys’ basketball final here last weekend. The Muskies dropped the opener 57-39 on Friday evening, then fell 70-42 in the second game Saturday morning to allow the Redmen to advance […]
