Local Sports

After a rough month of January, the tides appear to be turning for the Fort Frances Lakers. The Lakers compiled a 2-1-1 record in four games last week, which was capped off by home-and-home split against the Thief River Falls Norskies over the weekend where they claimed three of a […]

With the NorWOSSA playoffs fast approaching, every game is crucial from here on out for the Muskie girls’ hockey team. The Muskies are playing with confidence heading into the stretch run of the season after pulling out a comeback 3-2 shootout win over the rival St. Thomas Aquinas Saints in […]

It was a great weekend for the Fort Frances Lakers as the squad picked up three of a possible four points in a home-and-home split with the Thief River Falls Norksies. Tyler Johnson scored the lone goal of the shootout as the Norskies pulled out a narrow 5-4 decision over […]

The Muskie girls’ hockey team played a fair bit of hockey over the last week as they get prepared for the NorWOSSA playoffs ahead. Fort High was in Thunder Bay over the weekend to play some exhibition games against Thunder Bay teams, where the black-and-gold away with a 1-3 record. […]

It was another great day for the Muskie Nordic skiing team at the NWOSSAA championships on Thursday in Atikokan. Four members of the black-and-gold were able to book their tickets to the all-Ontarios, which are slated for Feb. 19-21 in Huntsville. In the junior girls’ 3.7-K race, Emma Toriseva nabbed […]

The Northern Ontario Curling Association is pleased to announce that Curling Kenora has been awarded the 2021 Men’s and Scotties Provincial Championship. The event will take place January 26-31, 2021, at the Kenora Recreation Centre. “The Host Bid Committee awarded this event to Curling Kenora after careful evaluation of all […]

Great finishes were aplenty for local skaters and that included the Northern Lights’ School of Skating members who also competed that Fort Frances Freeze Super Series competition hosted by the Border Skating Club on Saturday and Sunday at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). Among the beginner StarSkaters for the NLSS, Aubrey […]

It was nearly a clean sweep for the Muskie court sports teams against the visiting Sioux Lookout Warriors on Monday afternoon. Three of the four squads came away with wins over the Warriors in NorWOSSA action at Fort High.In boys’ basketball action, the Muskie seniors improved to a league-best 6-0 […]

It was nearly a clean sweep for the Muskie court sports teams against the visiting Sioux Lookout Warriors on Monday afternoon. Three of the four squads came away with wins over the Warriors in NorWOSSA action at Fort High. In boys’ basketball action, the Muskie seniors improved to a league-best […]

The Muskie boys’ hockey team fought back from a two-goal deficit to pull out a thrilling 4-3 win over the International Falls Broncos in the finale of their annual two-game “Border Battle” in front of a packed house at the Ice For Kids Arena on Tuesday night. Over 700 fans […]

The Fort Frances Lakers were finally able to put a lengthy skid behind them as they earned a split in their games at the SIJHL’s annual “Showcase” hosted by the Wisconsin Lumberjacks at the Spooner Civic Centre on Tuesday and yesterday. Fort Frances saw its losing streak hit eight games […]

The Rainy River Walleye Tournament Committee held its first meeting of 2020 Monday, Jan 20 at the Royal Canadian Legion, Br 54 in Rainy River Ontario. It takes an army of volunteers every year to host this event. . . or did you a think it just happens? This is […]