Evaluating one’s own success comes down to the height of one’s expectations. “No one we knew thought we’d make it that far,” said Natalie Desjardins, who teamed with older sister, Simone, to make a stirring run to the quarter-final round in girls’ doubles action at the all-Ontario badminton championships in […]
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With the season’s last snowfall hopefully fallen, the time for some springtime “Fore!”-play is at hand once again. Big hitters and prodigious putters alike have come out of hibernation for another season of swings, shanks, and sand trap saves out at Kitchen Creek Golf Club, which officially began play April […]
Debbie Murray wasn’t asking for the moon, but she was happy with what she saw in the Starz. The Fort Frances Cyclones coach and seven of her troops were brothers and sisters in arms with three other regional clubs as part of the Northwestern Ontario Starz squad that competed at […]
Al Herback probably could fly around the world with as many frequent flyer miles as he has racked up. There’s just one problem. “I never get to use them because the times I want to go anywhere, the seats are already all booked,” laughed the Kincaid, Sask. native who has […]
The scoreboard said they accomplished nothing, but their dugout leader believes otherwise. The Barwick Blue Knights junior baseball team—comprised of players from Barwick, Stratton, and Emo—took it on the chin in the form of two exhibition losses in Thunder Bay to kick off their season. But manager Ken Wilson is […]
Some auspicious athletes received their just rewards recently as the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association handed out its annual Bantam house league awards as well as some additional Esso Medals of Achievement. Justin Scott (Canadian Tire) won the Don Lovisa Memorial award as the league’s Most Valuable Player to go […]
It was a good run while it lasted. It took two of the top three ranked teams in the province to sideline Simone and Natalie Desjardins at the all-Ontario badminton showdown in Milton last week as the Muskie sister duo posted a 2-2 record to finish in the top eight […]
At the high end of the athletic scale, experience can make a world of difference. The Muskie senior girls’ doubles team of Simone and Natalie Desjardins rode their youth and talent to a pair of early wins at the all- Ontarios yesterday in Milton yesterday. But they couldn’t withstand another […]
They have no idea about their opposition, they’re playing in unfamiliar territory, and their schedule is a killer. But the coach of the Muskie regional girls’ basketball squad is only concerning himself with what he can control at the Basketball Manitoba juvenile girls’ regional tournament in Portage La Prairie this […]
An undefeated start to their respective NorWOSSA season has both Muskie soccer squads on the path to championship repeats. The Muskie girls didn’t allow a goal while going 4-0 in the first of two NorWOSSA playoff seeding tournaments last weekend here while the boys’ team strung together a 2-0-2 mark. […]
His feelings were difficult to put into words, but the tear trickling down Josh Baxter’s face said it all. “It’s hard to believe the season’s done — this is a good group of guys getting separated,” said the heartbroken Borderland Thunder captain, whose saw his junior playing days come to […]
Two Manitoba hoops squads had more than just a higher odometer and blisters on their feet to show for their travelling trouble. Team Albert slipped past the Cyclones 62-56 in Sunday’s all-Winnipeg final at the 23rd annual La Place Rendez-Vous basketball tournament at Fort Frances High School. Three wins in […]
