They couldn’t play for real, but the local K of C Knights PeeWee ‘AA’ team caused some real trouble across the river. Because of the rule limiting the number of tournaments they can take part in during a season, the Knights decided to play against teams participating in a tournament […]
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An eight-game schedule doesn’t leave a team much time to get their engines warm if they want to take a run at top spot. But, then, wasting time has never been big on Paul Noonan’s priority list. Noonan and co-coach Mike Busch have the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team off […]
It was a play that had never been successfully executed. So, of course, it was exactly the call coach Mike Busch wanted to make. Kevin Gemmell, who had 22 points in the game, came off a double screen to swish a threepointer at the final buzzer of regulation time, then […]
Circumstances forced Shirley Jensson out of her comfort zone—and probably not a single person noticed. Personal commitments left the Fort Frances bowler with no choice but to compete in the Saturday morning shift at the zone P.O.A. (pins over average) tournament in Atikokan. But in the end, Jensson not only […]
For a two-game series just before the holiday break between the two lowest-ranked teams in the league, it doesn’t get much bigger than this. The defending SIJHL champion Borderland Thunder (7-13-1-1)—currently mired in fourth place—will look to stifle any playoff hopes of the last-place K&A Variety Golden Hawks (2-22-2) at […]
The airline company that Vicki Stinson dealt with during her trans-Pacific journey probably oversold their plane by one seat. She quite possibly could have floated on air all the way to the “Land of the Rising Sun” and back again. The local rhythmic gymnastics coach accompanied International Falls gymnast Scott […]
The Emo Novice, Tween, and Belle ringette teams hosted their annual tournament at the Emo Arena earlier this month. In the Novice final, Emo faced a much-improved Dryden squad, who jumped out to a quick 6-3 lead in the first half on goals by Gregory Olson (two), Rikki Shields (two), […]
Playing against an offensively-challenged Red Lake Rams squad here last weekend, the Muskie girls’ hockey team could hide their defensive lapses. The Kenora Broncos would allow for no such deceit. The Muskies were pulverized on the shot clock, and didn’t do much better on the scoreboard, as the fell 8-1 […]
The trick to being champion is making it clear from the start that nobody is welcome within reach of your title. The Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team didn’t exactly keep their two league rivals at arm’s-length in their season-openers this past week, but they did manage to maintain their authority […]
There weren’t many familiar faces on the Kenora Broncos from the last time the Muskie boys’ hockey team met up with them. The result, though, was a welcome repeat. Kurtis Wepruk notched a hat trick, and Jake Esselink had three assists, as the Muskies (10-1-1) hammered the Broncos 9-4 there […]
With not only his mother in his corner but a previous win over his foe in his pocket, Trevor Bonot was in the fast lane to glory before getting sideswiped by a pickpocket. The Stratton native and his Thunder Bay-based team of third Jarred Meadows, second Daryl Gorman, and lead […]
Head coach Duane Roen’s objectives for his Muskie junior girls’ split squad heading into last weekend’s tournament in Kenora were simple: learn the rotation, and have some fun. Their measure of success just happened to add to the enjoyment of the situation. With an equal mix of veterans and rookies […]
