Each of four NorWOSSA finals on Friday featured the Muskies and host Dryden Eagles going head-to-head. The Eagles won gold in three of the four matches, but the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team prevented the sweep—winning 85-74 to advance to the best-of-three NWOSSAA final, which Fort High will host this […]
Local Sports
The Fort Frances Youth Soccer Association is preparing for the 2004 season and will meet to finalize details on Monday (March 1). One of the new initiatives this season is a regional program put together by the Ontario Soccer Association. According to the OSA, the mandate of the new program […]
The annual “Curl for Cancer” fundraiser still is looking for teams to sign up for the day-long event, which will take place next Saturday (March 6) at the Fort Frances Curling Club. It is open to curlers of all ages and skill levels for a fun day of curling. Mixed […]
Local hockey fans had the chance to see some high-quality women’s hockey here last weekend. The fact the two exhibition games—the first an 11-0 win by the Thunder Bay Queens over the local Northwest Stars on Saturday night and the second a 6-1 win by the University of Winnipeg Lady […]
The Borderland Thunder put their eight-game unbeaten streak on the line last night but lost 3-0 to the Dryden Ice Dogs at the Ice for Kids Arena here last night. Thunder coach Dave Allison gave Dryden full credit for the win. “I think they came out a lot hungrier than […]
The Fort Frances Taggs Bantam ‘AA’ team placed eighth out of 10 teams at the Maple Leaf Tournament of Champions last week. The team had a rough weekend with one win, a tie, and two tough losses as well as losing two players to concussions. In their first game, Taggs—playing […]
The 17th-annual La Place Rendez-Vous squash tournament re-crowned two long-time champs last weekend. Bob Shine (Thunder Bay) took his 10th ‘A’ title in men’s action while Mary Beth Tkachuk (Fort Frances), who was running between the squash tournament and the local ladies’ bonspiel, won her seventh ‘B’ crown on the […]
The 51st-annual ladies’ bonspiel last weekend at the Fort Frances Curling Club was a tremendous success, club manager Rick Grenda said. Twenty-eight rinks participated in this year’s ’spiel, which involved lots of good curling and some good fun revolving around a Mexican theme. Diane Pattison skipped her Fort Frances rink […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team closed out the NorWOSSA regular season here yesterday afternoon with a 6-0 whitewash over the Kenora Broncos. Now the black-and-gold will be gunning to do the same thing in the playoffs. These same two teams will meet here again Friday at 5:30 p.m. at the […]
Both the boys’ and girls’ Muskie curling rinks are off to the NWOSSAA playdowns March 1-2 in Thunder Bay after their gold-medal performance in Kenora on Sunday and Monday. The girls’ rink, including Amy Nielsen, Jenna Enge, Kate Bondett, and Courtney Beadle, dominated the field, outscoring their opponents 57-5 en […]
The four Muskie court teams will be on the bus at 7 a.m. on Friday to start what they hope will be a “golden” day at the NorWOSSA playoffs in Dryden. Both the senior boys’ basketball team and junior girls’ volleyball squad earned byes to their respective finals, so those […]
District schools will have their work cut out for them if they hope to stop the St. Francis Sentinels at the regional basketball championship next weekend if last Saturday’s tune-up tourney was any indication. Fresh off winning a tournament in Atikokan earlier this month, the Sentinels showed they had no […]
