It was a day of mixed results for the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team at the OFSAA ‘AA’ girls’ volleyball championship in Kingsville yesterday. The Muskies opened Pool ‘D’ play yesterday afternoon with a 2-1 win (26-24, 17-25 and 15-11) over Eden High School (St. Catharines) before then falling in […]
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Jamie Mountain
NorWOSSA gold. Sweet, sweet NorWOSSA gold. Jill Calder and Abbie Kenny both scored in the shootout to lift the Muskie girls’ hockey team to a thrilling 2-1 win over the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) in the third-and-deciding game of the NorWOSSA final last night at the Ice For Kids […]
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It was a tough go of it for the Owen Riches and Ashley Payne rinks at the U18 provincials held Wednesday through yesterday in Sault Ste. Marie. Neither of the local teams were able to make the playoffs in their respective divisions. Team Riches, which also featured Kian McEvoy (lead), […]
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It was daunting task but the weekend turned out about as well as they could have imagined. The Fort Frances Lakers took three of a possible four points against the defending SIJHL champion Thunder Bay North Stars in a home-and-home series with a 6-5 overtime loss on the road Friday […]
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The Muskie girls’ and boys’ hockey teams came up with some big-time performances with their seasons on the line. Both squads came away with crucial wins in Game 2 over the weekend to knot their respective best-of-three NorWOSSA finals at a game apiece. Trailing 3-1 in the second period, the […]
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It was a great day if you were a member of the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora). Not so great if you were a Muskie. The Saints were able to draw first blood against the Muskie boys’ and girls’ hockey teams as they both won Game 1 of their respective […]
Jamie Mountain
The Fort Frances Lakers followed up some of their worst games of the season with one of their best performances of the year in a 5-3 win over the rival Dryden GM Ice Dogs on Tuesday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. Mathieu Harrold potted the eventual winner seven-and-a-half […]
Jamie Mountain
The Fort Frances Lakers haven’t made things easy on themselves as of late and it’s time to get back to work. The squad has dropped its last four games and with the SIJHL’s Bill Salonen Cup Playoffs quickly approaching, Lakers’ head coach and general manager is stressing that his players […]
Jamie Mountain
Basketball is a game of runs and in the end the Muskie senior boys’ squad just didn’t have enough to match their opponents. The St. Ignatius Falcons (Thunder Bay) used a relentless full-court pressure and excellent second halves in both games to sweep the best-of-three NWOSSAA championship against the Muskies […]
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Florida State Seminoles senior diver Molly Carlson was selected as the Women’s ACC Diving Meet MVP for the third time in her career, after she nabbed the gold medal on platform back on Feb. 22 at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. Carlson, who originally is from Fort Frances and was competing […]
From the FFBC
Talk about coming through when the pressure was on! Sunset Country #2 snagged all 14 of the final 14 points up for grabs to capture the silver medal at the 2020 Cambrian Insurance P.O.A. Classic provincial championships held Feb. 20-22 at Mid-Town Bowl in Timmins. The quartet, comprised of Scooter […]
Jamie Mountain
One thing is for certain: the Muskie boys’ hockey team is ready to put two years of heartbreak behind them and advance to OFSAA. Fort High will face the second-place St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) in the best-of-three league final that gets underway this week. After back-to-back years of losing […]
