A 15-year-old Stratton youth will be one of 12 biathletes representing Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario at the National Cadet Biathlon Competition on Feb. 29-March 4 at CFB Valcartier, Que. Austin Zin, a member of the #144 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps (Fort Frances), was selected as a member of the […]
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Both the boys’ and girls’ Muskie curling rinks are off to the NWOSSAA playdowns March 1-2 in Thunder Bay after their goldmedal 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 […]
Two Muskie teams have earned byes to their respective NorWOSSA finals this Friday in Dryden. Even though the junior girls’ volleyball squad lost their regular-season finale here yesterday to the Dryden Eagles, the black-and-gold got the bye because they had won more sets during the eight-game season. A cheer went […]
Two Aquanauts are returning home from the Western Canadian Junior Nationals in Vancouver with very different results. Alex Parent and Heather Dutton each competed in several events there, but Parent captured second place in the 400m freestyle with a time of 4:57.46—and never placed lower than fifth in any of […]
Two exhibition women’s hockey games took place over the weekend at the Ice for Kids Arena here. First, the Thunder Bay Queens, a rep team out of Thunder Bay which plays mostly tournaments, played a team compiled from all the local girls’ teams on Saturday night. The Northwest Stars, as […]
The Borderland Thunder continued their winning ways over the weekend, sweeping the K&A Golden Hawks in Thunder Bay. Winning 5-2 on Friday and then 4-1 on Saturday saw the Thunder extend their current unbeaten streak to eight games heading into tomorrow night’s game here against the Dryden Ice Dogs. Andrew […]
The Borderland Thunder took hold early and never let go, dumping the Dryden Ice Dogs 7-2 up there last night. Justin Green (David Gooch) opened the scoring with his fifth of the season at 4:21 of the first before Rob Scales (Gooch/Josh McAndrew) made it 2-0 with his sixth less […]
Fort Frances and district residents will be in for a rare treat this weekend when an exhibition women’s hockey tournament comes to the Ice for Kids Arena this Saturday and Sunday. Two top teams from Thunder Bay and Winnipeg will face off against each other, as well as an all-star […]
Crisp, blue skies and nearly perfect snow conditions were the order of the day when the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club held its second-annual Blueberry Cider Poker Run at the Rocky Inlet trails Sunday afternoon. While the mercury didn’t climb much above minus-20 C, the lack of any windchill made […]
The Borderland Thunder head into tonight’s game against the host Dryden Ice Dogs unbeaten in their last five. In eight games against the Ice Dogs so far this season, the Thunder sport a 4-3-1 record, with three of those games having gone into overtime. In fact, Borderland is looking to […]
After a delayed start in both gyms, all four Muskie court teams sailed through their matches with the visiting Kenora Broncos yesterday afternoon. The junior boys jumped out to a commanding 31-15 lead at halftime en route to a 43-24 win. Logan Donaldson led the way with 12 points. “The […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team clinched first place—and home ice advantage throughout the NorWOSSA playoffs—after nipping the Dryden Eagles 4-3 here last night. The victory sets up best-of-three semi-final showdown with the Kenora Broncos starting next Friday. After a scoreless first period, the black-and-gold drew first blood against the Eagles […]
