Sandi Elliott could have been promoted to head of the “service” department after turning the Kenora Broncos’ hope of an upset on its ear. Elliott erased a 20-14 deficit in the fourth set with nine-straight points from behind the service line, including a pair of aces, to clinch a 25-22 […]
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On Feb. 19, 2002, Kristin Roehrig never would have guessed that she had just seen her team record its last NorWOSSA point for some time to come. On Friday night, the captain of the Muskie girls’ hockey team finally got her chance to speak about something other than a regular-season […]
The Muskie junior boys’ basketball squad turned their season around so quickly, they may have suffered whiplash. After losing their first two games of the NorWOSSA campaign by a combined 46 points, the black-and-gold (1-2) battled to an impressive 55-46 victory over the visiting Kenora Broncos last Thursday at “The […]
For coming so close to getting a shot at the title, Muskie boys’ hockey head coach Shane Bliss wasn’t exactly doing handsprings. “We could have played better,” a disappointed Bliss said after the black-and-gold finished with a 3-2 loss to the Oak Park Raiders in Sunday’s bronze-medal game of the […]
Without his normal rinkmates around him, Lorne Jackson’s goal last weekend was to hone his own game for the bigger challenge to come. Bringing home a championship was just an added bonus. Jackson teamed up with his wife, Kathie Jackson, at third, along with the husband-and-wife team of second Rory […]
A ladies’ volleyball tournament is in the planning stages for Feb. 14-15, with action to be held at Fort Frances High School. The entry fee is $200 per team, and the registration deadline is Jan. 22. For more information or to register, contact Candy Greengrass at 483-1252 or via e-mail […]
Brett Perreault scored twice to help the Fort Frances Midget ‘AA’ Canadians earn a 6-2 victory over the first-place Portage Terriers in Eastman Midget League action Sunday afternoon at the ’52 Canadians Arena. After the Canadians survived the bruising, penalty-riddled contest to improve their second-half regular-season record to 5-0, Canadians […]
There was ample opportunity for the Fort Frances Taggs Bantam ‘AA’ hockey team to clean up at the Steel City International Tournament in Sault Ste. Marie. But a series of close-but-no-cigar situations left Taggs on the outside looking in when it came to advancing to the tournament playoffs—by a mere […]
After all the work they had put in, the Atikokan Flyers decided to finish with a flourish. Three third-period goals vaulted the Flyers to a 5-2 win over the Emo Stars at the Ice for Kids Arena here Sunday afternoon in the final of a 12-team Bantam ‘A’ hockey tournament. […]
Whether it was relating to their own game or someone else’s, the Muskie boys’ hockey team didn’t have much to smile about. The black-and-gold came within an open net of advancing to the championship final of the Winnipeg High School Hockey League Tournament of Champions, but had to settle for […]
Blowing a three-goal lead usually would devastating. But for the Borderland Thunder, it turned out to be invigorating. The Thunder let a 3-0 margin slip away en route to a 4-3 loss in overtime to the host Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs on Friday night, but battled back to take a […]
Talk about an ideal start to the New Year. The Muskie court teams squads began 2004 in winning fashion as all four defeated their Kenora Bronco counterparts in Nor- WOSSA action here yesterday afternoon. The quartet of victories was the first Muskie sweep of the 2003-04 school year. The most […]
