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 […]
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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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
