If anyone was videotaping the first two sets of the Muskie junior boys’ volleyball team’s clash with the Dryden Eagles here yesterday, head coach Greg Ste. Croix probably would request that it be turned into kindling. An uninspired first two sets put the Muskies (0-3) in too big a hole […]
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Rebecca Cornell may not have her licence yet, but she was driving her former housemate and teammate to distraction. “She told me in the second half, ‘I’m going to foul out right now, I’ve had enough,’” recounted the first-year guard for the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team about Dryden Eagles’ […]
Lots of fish were caught, but it was the eight totalling 20.92 pounds reeled up by Mark Chapman and Kent Christianson of Baudette that earned them the $15,000 first prize Sunday in the fifth-annual Rainy River Walleye Tournament. The duo had finished third last year after vaulting from 38th place […]
There’s something about fishing in the fall that brings out the best in Ted Stewner and Al Carlson. It was a case of déja vu for the rest of the 71-team field last weekend at the second-annual LaBelle’s Rainy Lake Bass Classic as the Winnipeg and Kenora residents (Team #19) […]
The Thunder Bay Minor Football Association’s hospitality towards the Muskie ‘C’ football team was extremely generous—at least until the opening kickoff. The black-and-gold received souvenir pins and had their team picture taken to be added to their host’s archival scrapbook. But two separate Thunder Bay squads scrapped the notion of […]
Shane Beckett saw three football squads on the field Monday night—and he wasn’t suffering from impaired vision. “We had two teams show up,” the distinctly frustrated offensive co-ordinator said about the Muskie ‘B’ team’s 26-0 loss to the host Warroad Warriors. “There was the team that played the first half […]
Heather Dutton doesn’t even warm-up at half-speed. The Fort Frances Muskie cross-country runner set the table for a winning weekend by breaking the tape first to win the senior girls’ division of the SSSAA time trial last Wednesday (Sept. 24) in Thunder Bay. The victory served as foreshadowing for Dutton, […]
Put the suitcases away and park the bus in the garage. A seemingly endless road adventure has come to an end for the Muskie ‘A’ football squad, who finally will get to feel their own turf beneath their feet more than midway into the Winnipeg High School Football League season. […]
As a child, Bruce McLeod’s father taught him the importance of giving rather than receiving. McLeod has followed that lesson to the letter and back in August, the meaning of the message became clearer than ever. The Fort Frances native, and currently commissioner of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), […]
Deborah Lloyd-Jones never met a sheet of ice she didn’t like. “I lived a mile away from the rink growing up in P.E.I.—my second home was the rink,” said the energetic new coach of the Border Skating Club, who takes over this season from Tanis Williamson. “I’m always happy as […]
Dale LaBelle once again managed to pull off another successful bass tournament. The event was held this past Saturday and Sunday (Sept. 27-28) saw 71 vying for prizes. Dale usually cuts off the team limit at 70, but allowed an extra one to compete this year. When the final weigh-ins […]
The first chapter in this season’s edition of the storied rivalry between the Borderland Thunder and the Dryden Ice Dogs will be written tonight. The game—set for 7:30 p.m. at the Ice for Kids Arena—pits the defending SIJHL champs (1-1) against the title-holders from the league’s inaugural campaign the previous […]
