The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team took third place in a seven-team tournament at Churchill High School in Winnipeg last weekend. “We were supposed to have played a tournament in Thunder Bay at the end of the month but it was cancelled,” noted Muskie head coach Paul Noonan. “[Fort High […]
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The local Senior boys’ bowling team has qualified for the provincials in Timmins on March 13-14 after capturing gold at the zone round of the “4 Steps to Stardom” tournament last weekend in Dryden. The team, coached by Rick Stamarski, features Jonathon Wood, Sheldon Legaree, Andrew Stamarski, Jeff Watts, and […]
Two big periods changed the Borderland Thunder’s fate versus the KC Bulldogs over the weekend in Thunder Bay. Leading 4-1 on Friday night, Thunder goalie Dan Hoehne surrendered three goals in the third as the Bulldogs salvaged a 4-4 tie. Kyle Schroder, Justin Green (Kevin Webb), Aaron Boyer (Steve McLeod/Kurt […]
The Fort Frances Pinewood Blades Bantams and Emo Esso PeeWees prevailed as the girls took over the Memorial Sports Centre here over the weekend for the first half of the local association’s sixthannual tournament. PeeWee, Bantam, and Midget girls’ teams from around the region—23 in total—participated in the tourney as […]
The Fort Frances Atom ‘AA’ Mustangs hosted their annual tournament last weekend, which also included the local Taggs Atom affiliate as well as squads from Dryden, Kenora, Sioux Lookout, and International Falls. The Mustangs opened play against the Falls on Friday afternoon with a 4-3 win. Cody Vangel (from Jeff […]
The Borderland Thunder made it two in a row over the Dryden Ice Dogs, this time winning a 4-1 decision up there last night. The Thunder had nipped the Ice Dogs 1-0 in overtime here last Tuesday. After a scoreless first period, Borderland jumped on the scoreboard with a pair […]
The Diehards sit alone in first place atop the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League standings after weekly action last Thursday night. The squad sports 26 points to hold a slim two-point margin over second-place Gillons’ (the longtime defending league champs) and the Wildcats. Scared Hitless sits in fourth place with […]
The conditions were perfect. It was sunny, calm, and not too cold—a perfect day to get out on a snowmobile and travel the network of trails carefully cut and groomed by the Sunset Country Snowmobile Club while raising some money to keep those trails in shape. And for the first […]
In recent tournaments, Muskie goals have been hard to come by at times. But that certainly wasn’t the case last weekend in NorWOSSA action as the black-and-gold romped to 14-0 and 17-0 wins over the visiting Sioux Lookout Warriors. On Friday night at the Memorial Sports Centre, veteran defenceman Jake […]
The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team packed a lot of action into a two-day tournament in Thunder Bay last weekend. And in the process, they sent a clear message that they’re a team to contend with come playoff time. The girls opened action at the 14-team St. Pat’s tourney with […]
You know winter is more than half over when thoughts turn to fishing. Perhaps that’s why renowned pro walleye angler Gary Roach’s seminars were so enthusiastically received at Pinewood Sports and Marine here last Wednesday. Roach—a.k.a. “Mr. Walleye”—gave two lectures in the showroom, which were attended by roughly 200 people […]
The Fort Frances Midget ‘AA’ Canadians no longer are the only undefeated team in the Manitoba Eastman Midget Hockey League after dropping a sloppy 4-3 decision to the visiting La Broquerie Habs at the Ice for Kids Arena here Sunday. The Canadians got off to a rocky start, allowing three […]
