It was akin to watching the Kentucky Derby favourite lead the entire race, only to trip over its own hooves down the home stretch. The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team was the thoroughbred of the field during the round-robin portion of the Santa Claus Classic in Dryden last weekend, going […]
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Rob Shubat doesn’t have anything personal against Kenora, but he’s okay with missing out on this particular road trip. The Thunder Bay curler already made a round-about journey by signing his team up with the Atikokan Curling Club so his rink could take part in last weekend’s Zone 7 men’s […]
Rash decisions are almost an inevitable outcome of turmoil. But Borderland Thunder general manager Brent Tookenay is maintaining a think-before-you-leap attitude when it comes to the current woes of the defending SIJHL champs. “There’s no sense in us pushing the panic button,” said Tookenay, whose team heads to Thunder Bay […]
It was somewhat of a dark weekend for Sunset Country bowlers, but five locals tried their best to put a good spin on the situation. Jon Wood, Andrew Stamarski, Ashley LaFreniere, and sisters Cristy and Courtney Beadle were part of the Sunset Country team that finished last out of six […]
A fourth-place finish in a six-team tournament would have most pondering what went wrong. But Muskie senior boys’ basketball coach Paul Noonan prefers the route of positivism over pessimism. “I think it was a good tournament overall,” Noonan said after his squad posted a 1-2 record, with an exhibition win […]
Everybody crossing their fingers for Fort Frances to win the right to host the 2005 all-Ontario boys’ high school hockey championships, relax—for about four months. Fort High principal Ian Simpson, who is spearheading the bid to bring the event back here for the first time since the Muskies won it […]
For being the first step on the way to possible high school curling glory, there was a noticeable absence of tension in the air yesterday afternoon at the Fort Frances Curling Club during the first of two NorWOSSA qualifying ’spiels. That’s most likely because—with only three teams in the boys’, […]
Justin Larson, Greg Flewelling, and David Pierce each scored twice as the hometown Muskies throttled the Blue Streaks 10-2 in exhibition action at the Ice for Kids Arena last night. Kurtis Wepruk, Tyler Miller, Lucas Romaniuk, and Steven Sus had the other Muskie tallies. James Bardgett and Ben Argir replied […]
Their regular coach was unavoidably pre-occupied, but members of the Fort Frances Badminton Club didn’t let that throw them off their medal-winning course. Six of the club’s best youth players took part in the Winnipeg City Junior Open badminton championships in Winnipeg last weekend, with the contingent making several finals […]
Greg Ross isn’t about to let the Kitchen Creek Golf Club shrivel away to nothing, come Hell or high water—although more of the latter certainly would help matters. “I’ll find a way to get it done,” vowed Ross, the club’s course superintendent, in reference to coming up with a plan […]
Like a parked Ferrari in the dead of winter, the Fort Frances Cyclones needed a little while to get up to speed. But once they did, it was fifth gear all the way! The Cyclones, along with a contingent of Fort Frances Aquanauts, descended upon Atikokan last weekend for the […]
The Dolphin Invitational has a nice ring to it, but the Dutton Invitational may have been more fitting. Heather Dutton rocketed her way to six first-place finishes out of the six events she competed in last weekend to become the highlight performer for the Fort Frances Aquanauts at the Selkirk, […]
