Everyone makes mistakes, but winning football teams aren’t prone to making the same ones twice. The Muskie ‘B’ football team will have a hard time making their mark in the win column until they learn this simple truth as two home losses this past week proved. “The mistakes are the […]
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You know summer is gone when people begin exchanging rods and tackle boxes for shotguns and decoys. Since today marks the official opening of the waterfowl season in Northern Ontario, and with grouse season opening on Monday (Sept. 15), here’s a look at the prospects for this season. According to […]
It still feels like summer outside, but those who cherish one of Canada’s favourite frozen indoor pastimes already are polishing up their brooms. The Fort Frances Curling Club will hold its annual registration next Monday (Sept. 15) from 7-9 p.m. upstairs at the facility, followed by the club’s annual general […]
There are many strategies to winning a derby, but one of the most surefire ways is to not let anyone else catch the biggest fish. That’s exactly the route the Sioux Narrows duo of Joe “The Friendly Giant” Pritchett and partner Hiram Archibald took as they netted the top single […]
The young lions had their paws rapped, but their wounds should heal enough for them to fight another day. The Baudette Bears, made up mainly of Grade 8 players, took advantage of the Muskie ‘C’ football squad’s Grade 7-based lineup in a 44-0 win here yesterday in the black-and-gold’s seasonopener. […]
The financial fortunes of the Borderland Thunder may be on the upswing if the efforts of a local group to create a booster club for the local junior hockey team come to pass. Spokesman Eugene McPherson said this morning a letter has been sent to the executive body of the […]
Head coach Bob Swing promised the Muskie ‘A’ football squad would be better this season. Other than on the scoreboard, consider it a promise kept. “I know the score doesn’t show it but if you were there, you would have known that we should have won that game,” Swing said […]
Kevin Webb was pretty special, but special teams proved to be the Borderland Thunder’s undoing here Friday night. Webb had a highlight-reel goal and added an assist, but the OCN Blizzard used a shorthanded goal and a power-play marker in the third period to fight their way past the Thunder […]
It wasn’t a dazzling debut, but the Muskie ‘B’ football squad left their coaches with a favourable impression on opening day. While at first blush the 22-0 score in favour of the visiting Warroad Warriors yesterday wasn’t overly complimentary to the Muskies, head coach Lou Gauthier wasn’t short on praise […]
Plans for tonight’s championship final in the Fort Frances adult slopitch league have landed foul. League co-ordinator Megan Ross said this morning that the scheduled final between the league’s ‘A’ bracket champion Rural Reps and ‘B’ bracket titleists Little Rascals would not go ahead—and that there would be no overall […]
Every Borderland Thunder fan may want to put their money aside now, because investing in a program will certainly be a necessity this season. There will be a bevy of new faces in the lineup for the defending SIJHL champions, who will see their first competitive action Friday night when […]
If a segment of First Nations citizens in the area have their way, the money-losing ways of the Borderland Thunder will be a thing of the past—because the Thunder itself may also be yesterday’s news. The team accumulated losses totalling $122,127.81 as of Mar. 31. The numbers are taken from […]
