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 […]
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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 […]
After experiencing the thrill of capturing the girls’ and boys’ NorWOSSA curling titles in Kenora last month, both Muskie rinks suffered disappointment at NWOSSAA last week in Thunder Bay. “The girls achieved their goal to make it to NWOSSAA,” said coach Tom Fry. “They boys were somewhat disappointed, they wanted […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team has two weeks to plan and prepare before their trip to the all-Ontarios on March 24-27 in London. The black-and-gold earned a berth at OFSAA after sweeping the Dryden Eagles in the best-of-three NorWOSSA final last weekend—winning the opener 2-1 here Friday and then taking […]
The fifth-annual Canadian Kitty Cat Championships will take place on Sand Bay in front of Rusty Myers Flying Service this Saturday and Sunday (March 13-14). “It’s one of the larger events in the youth snowmobile racing market,” noted Al Boivin, who is organizing the event. Competitors are youngsters aged four-12 […]
This year’s “Curl for Cancer” here Saturday raised almost $16,000 for cancer research. The day-long event included curling, a dinner, and social. The 24 rinks involved raised $15,862—the majority from pledges alone. The total is up by more than $1,500 from last year. All the money will be donated to […]
