In Cinderella, the chiming of midnight turned the future princess’ stagecoach into a pumpkin. Quinn McCarthy’s ability to pass other boats on Saturday, though, was no fairy tale. McCarthy piloted his boat, “Sedna,” to victory in the Pumpkin Cup on Rainy Lake to continue his domination on Saturdays this year, […]
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They’re a team without a conference, but not without a desire to deliver. The Muskie cross-country team will have to make do with going the distance in two SSSAA races in Thunder Bay on Sept. 24 and Oct. 8 since NorWOSSA does not hold its own meet. The events will […]
Micheline and Justine Chiefson had last Friday circled on their calendar at home for quite a while. The sisters are two die-hard fans of the Borderland Thunder who saw their countdown to the start of a new SIJHL season finally end when the Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs came to town […]
Call it extended training camp. The Borderland Thunder have plenty of time to fine-tune their game during their 10-day break following a weekend split with the visiting Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs to open the SIJHL season. “We’re glad for the break,” said head coach Dave Allison, pointing to the fact […]
Repeats are a tricky thing to predict at any time, but especially in team sports. There’s an undeniable lure to throw one’s support behind the crew presently possessing the champion tag. They’ve proven their worth by showing they can handle the pressure cooker of the post-season—and put their pursuers in […]
Some Good Samaritans with great shots did their part here Saturday to make some local children feel like champions. The first-annual “Power Play” street hockey tournament in support of the local branch of Easter Seals was a massive hit with organizers, the 13 teams that participated, and spectators. When all […]
Long delays are becoming the norm when the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team travels to Dryden—but then, so is winning. Returning yesterday to the scene of their NorWOSSA championship victory last season, the Muskies had to wait eight hours from the time they climbed aboard their bus until the opening […]
There’s plenty of ways to get one’s season underway. Losing your first two matches isn’t the ideal one. Both the Muskie senior and junior boys’ volleyball teams will have to go back to the drawing board after going 0-2 to start the NorWOSSA campaign. Yesterday afternoon in Dryden, the juniors […]
The Oak Park Raiders are bloodied, battered, and winless—a defending two-time champion of the Winnipeg High School Football League that hasn’t looked the part so far this season. It stands to reason these circumstances have them in a particularly bad mood—and the Muskie ‘A’ squad will have to deal with […]
With more prize money than ever up for grabs, the list of anglers hoping to get into the 10th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship next July figures to be of unprecedented length. The random draw to determine the 40 remaining berths in next year’s derby is set for Wednesday, Oct. […]
Holy cow! It was the favourite expression of legendary Chicago Cubs broadcaster Harry Caray, and it nicely summed up my sentiments after experiencing the hallowed halls of the Cubs’ famed home ballpark—Wrigley Field—last weekend. A Windy City landmark since 1914, Wrigley is the last of a dying breed of baseball […]
Dan Hoehne and Ryan Crane now understand what those poor ducks in a carnival shooting gallery must feel like. The two goalies no doubt were seeing flying pucks in their sleep Monday night after the host Fargo-Moorhead Jets outshot the Borderland Thunder 66-10 en route to a 6-0 shutout in […]
