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Florida State Seminoles senior diver Molly Carlson was selected as the Women’s ACC Diving Meet MVP for the third time in her career, after she nabbed the gold medal on platform back on Feb. 22 at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. Carlson, who originally is from Fort Frances and was competing […]

Talk about coming through when the pressure was on! Sunset Country #2 snagged all 14 of the final 14 points up for grabs to capture the silver medal at the 2020 Cambrian Insurance P.O.A. Classic provincial championships held Feb. 20-22 at Mid-Town Bowl in Timmins. The quartet, comprised of Scooter […]

One thing is for certain: the Muskie boys’ hockey team is ready to put two years of heartbreak behind them and advance to OFSAA. Fort High will face the second-place St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) in the best-of-three league final that gets underway this week. After back-to-back years of losing […]

A new year led to a better result for the Fort Frances Chiefs at their annual home tournament over the weekend. Hanna Ledrew scored the winner with 6:14 to in the third period to lift the Chiefs to a 3-2 win over the Dryden 3rd Liners in the exciting championship […]

Not much has separated the Muskie girls’ hockey team and the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) this season. What seemed to be the inevitable clash of the titans has come to pass as the first-place Muskies and second-place Saints will square off in the best-of-three NorWOSSA final this week to […]

The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team has been the best in Northwestern Ontario now two years in a row. The black-and-gold was dominant in a sweep of the host Westgate Tigers in the best-of-three NWOSSAA championship on Friday, winning both matches in straight sets. Fort High now advances to the […]

The Red Lake Miners got three points apiece from Spencer Milne and Jordan Baranesky as they rolled to a 7-2 romp over the Fort Frances Lakers last night in SIJHL action at the Cochenour Arena. The Lakers saw their record fall to 18-27-3-2 with the loss and have now dropped […]

For a second straight year the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team has booked their ticket to the OFSAA ‘AA’ championship after completing a sweep of the Westgate Tigers in the best-of-three NWOSSAA championship on Friday in Thunder Bay. The Muskies won both games 2-0 to earn their berth to the […]

The Fort Frances Lakers will be looking to erase a miserable weekend from their memories as quick as possible. The Lakers followed up a 3-0 shutout loss on home ice to the Thief River Falls Norskies on Friday night with their worst outing of the season in a 10-1 shellacking […]

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 […]