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 […]
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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 […]
The post-tournament thought of putting a bounty on the heads of Kenora’s Ted Stewner and Winnipeg’s Al Carlson for next year may have been a joke. But the pair of ace anglers once again showed they don’t kid around when it comes to fall fishing. Stewner and Carlson (Team #19) […]
The gap between the champions and the also-rans has greatly decreased. Alas, there is still a gap. The Muskie ‘A’ football team, which was manhandled to the tune of 77-8 in two games against the defending Winnipeg High School Football League champion Oak Park Raiders last season, gave the Raiders […]
Because the Muskie ‘B’ football team couldn’t finish drives, the International Falls Broncos finished them off. Tyler Weir turned the corner on the black-and-gold defence for the tying touchdown with 4:40 to play in the fourth quarter, then did it again for the go-ahead two-point conversion as the visiting Broncos […]
Two major fishing tournaments in the district this weekend are ready to fatten the bank accounts of area anglers. The Rainy River Walleye Tournament will see 81 teams vying for the $15,000 first prize—the biggest field ever in the tournament’s five-year history. “We had our maximum of 80 teams, but […]
