The victories weren’t pouring down around them, but a local hoops crew is banking on their lessons for rainy days ahead. The Muskies’ girls regional under-17 team finished second with a 1-3 mark at an invitational basketball tournament at Fort High last weekend involving the Kenora Saints and Thunder Bay […]
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On a weekend shadowed by the loss of a member of its collective family, the Fort Frances Visserettes artistic gymnastics team parted the clouds to reveal its strength of character—and bright future. An 11-member team from the Visserettes leapt, somersaulted, and did handsprings for all they were worth during the […]
A very impressive looking Dudley Hewitt Cup field is almost set—and the biggest horse hasn’t even entered the starting gate. The confirmed entries include a hometown favourite on a roll, a league rival looking for redemption, and a high-flying squad that has gone a long way to help their community […]
It will be girls’ day out for the Muskies at the NorWOSSA badminton championships being held today in Kenora. Three female doubles teams and one singles entrant compose the Fort High contingent which will try to finish in the top two of their respective divisions to advance to the NWOSSAA […]
Seven female Muskies flexed their badminton muscles Wednesday at the NorWOSSA qualifying tournament in Atikokan. Three doubles teams and one singles player all finished in the top two of their respective divisions to advance to the NorWOSSA final next Wednesday (April 16) in Kenora. The senior girls’ doubles team of […]
Seven and three equals 10—simple math that added up to yet another happy ending for Candy Greengrass. “It certainly is a nice round number,” smiled Greengrass, who along with her teammates survived a seven-match, three-hour marathon to help Gillons’ win its 10th-consecutive Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League championship last night […]
Three months ago, Rob Scales didn’t know if he’d ever put on a Borderland Thunder jersey again. Today, three months ago seems like a different lifetime. Scales capped a remarkable comeback story by scoring the game-winning goal in the Thunder’s 2-0 shutout over the Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs in Game […]
If the Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs want the SIJHL championship trophy, they’re going to have to tear it out of Kurt Hogard’s hands. The Borderland Thunder defenceman scored twice, including the game-winner with just 1:35 left in regulation time Sunday night, to lift his team to a 5-4 victory over […]
They’re halfway home—now it’s time to hit the road. The Borderland Thunder—riding an eight-game winning streak—will head down Highway 11 with a 2-0 lead over the Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs in the best-of-seven SIJHL championship series as Games 3 and 4 go there Saturday and Sunday nights. If necessary, Game […]
And then there were three. Regular-season champion Scared Hitless, nine-time defending league champion Gillons’, and the upstart Wildcats survived last night’s playoff round in the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League at Fort High. Scared Hitless, which received a bye through the first portion of last night’s ‘A’-side playoffs by virtue […]
Christmas came early to the Borderland Thunder last night, but the mood in the locker-room afterwards was less than festive. On a play that should have been whistled dead seconds earlier because the puck hit the netting above the glass, Matt Johnson deflected Jay Phillips’ point shot at 3:46 of […]
Just when the Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs thought they had stolen home ice advantage, they found themselves tangled in a most unpleasant Webb. The Borderland Thunder rallied from a two-goal deficit in the second period as Kevin Webb’s breakaway goal just 28 seconds into overtime gave the SIJHL regular-season champs […]
