A different division didn’t render different results for Dave Egan and his Fort Frances Midget ‘AA’ Canadians. The second half of the Manitoba Eastman Midget League schedule got underway in earnest last weekend, with the Canadians picking up a pair of road wins to give themselves a 2-0 mark in […]
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The tale of the scoreboard was both good and bad news. While the Muskie boys’ hockey team was edged 2-1 in exhibition action last night against the host Lake of the Woods Bears, (Baudette), Fort High head coach Shane Bliss said it could have been much worse. “It should have […]
The tale of the scoreboard was both good and bad news. While the Muskie boys’ hockey team was edged 2-1 in exhibition action last night against the host Lake of the Woods Bears, (Baudette), Fort High head coach Shane Bliss said it could have been much worse. “It should have […]
All the indicators pointed to the Borderland Thunder running into a brick wall during their two-game road set in Thunder Bay over the weekend—and the Fort William First Nation North Stars didn’t disappoint. The host Stars skated to a 5-2 win Friday and a 3-1 victory Saturday to run their […]
The dream of an undefeated NorWOSSA season went by the boards here Friday night for the Muskie boys’ hockey team. Then on Saturday, they showed their displeasure in no uncertain terms. The Red Lake Rams, who had beaten the black-and-gold at a pre-season tournament in Dryden, turned the trick again […]
All the indicators pointed to the Borderland Thunder running into a brick wall during their two-game road set in Thunder Bay over the weekend—and the Fort William First Nation North Stars didn’t disappoint. The host Stars skated to a 5-2 win Friday and a 3-1 victory Saturday to run their […]
Trevor Bonot won the earlier round, but Eric Theriault landed the most punishing blow at the final bell. Theriault stole singles in the third, fourth, and fifth ends yesterday as the Terrace Bay skip downed Stratton native Bonot 7-4 in the second-place tie-breaker at the Northwestern Ontario junior men’s curling […]
It was a near perfect start to the NorWOSSA regular season for the four Muskie court teams that travelled to Kenora yesterday to battle the Broncos. The junior girls’ volleyball team had the most thrilling outcome of the day, rallying from a two-set deficit to beat the Broncos 3-2, including […]
Maybe you can’t go home again, but you can do well to represent your old stomping grounds. So goes the tale for Stratton native Trevor Bonot, now based out of Thunder Bay, who is in a four-way tie for second place at the eight-team Northwestern Ontario Curling Association junior boys’ […]
They were the toast of the NorWOSSA curling circuit last year, but a different and more difficult task awaits them. Skips Amy Nielson and Adam Bolen will lead their respective teams down a mostly unfamiliar road this weekend in Keewatin and Geraldton, respectively, as part of the Northwestern Ontario junior […]
If the Muskie boys’ hockey team isn’t the best team in NorWOSSA this season, they’re waiting for someone to prove to them otherwise. The black-and-gold stamped themselves as the squad to beat after coming through with a 3-1 win against the host Dryden Eagles last night to run their league […]
The Wildcats still are queens of the jungle, but they’ve got some decent competition on their tail. With the season well underway, the Wildcats are proving they’re a force to be reckoned with in the weekly Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League as they sit in top spot with 17 points. […]
