Press Release It will be a landmark edition of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts when the 2021 Canadian Women’s Curling Championship is staged in Thunder Bay, Ont., it was announced yesterday by Curling Canada. The 2021 event, which will be played Feb. 20-28 at the Fort Williams Garden, will be […]
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Jamie Mountain To say Cassandra Jackson had a “smashing” good time during her four years with the Minnesota State University Moorhead women’s rugby team would be a massive understatement. The Fort Frances native helped lead the Hummerz to a fourth-place finish nationally in 2018 and followed that up this season […]
Jamie Mountain It may be a new year but it was the same result for Sean Cameron. The Thunder Bay native was spectacular yet again in defending his ‘A’ Open title from last year as he roared to a 3-1 win over Peter Russell of Winnipeg in the final of […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers certainly had their chances but it ended up meaning very little in the end. A slow start and some costly penalties came back to bite the Lakers in a big way as they dropped a 6-3 decision to the visiting Thief River Falls Norskies […]
Staff They tried their best but a berth to the Ontario Winter Games just wasn’t to be for the local Owen Riches and Grace George rinks over the weekend. Riches came away with a 1-2 record while George went 0-2. They both failed to advance from the qualifying round held […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers weren’t quite able to build off the success of opening 2020 with a win last week. After edging the Thief River Falls Norskies 4-3 on Thursday night at the Ralph Engelstad Arena, it was a different story here on Saturday night as the Norskies prevailed […]
Staff The Muskie girls’ hockey team played well but ultimately came away with just a 1-3 record at the annual Loop Weekend Tournament in Thunder Bay over the weekend. Fort High opened tourney play on Friday with its lone win in a 4-1 decision over the Midget ‘A’ Queens. Captain […]
Staff Steve Boileau entered the Sunset Country Squash Club’s annual Boxing Day tournament this year hoping to defend his title. A full complement of 20 players participated this year, with Boileau rising to the occasion once again in defeating Jason Kabel 3-2 to capture the ‘A’ Open title in a […]
Press Release THUNDER BAY, Ont.–For a second time this season, an SIJHL regular season contest will be held in Lac Seul as the Dryden GM Ice Dogs and Fort Frances Lakers meet at the Lac Seul Events Centre on Wednesday, Feb. 19. Game time is 7:30 p.m. CST. “The Lac […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers got two goals apiece from Kyle Uzelman and Flynn Perry to help them double the Thief River Falls Norskies 6-3 in SIJHL action back on Dec. 20 at the Ice For Kids Arena. After falling to the Norskies by a 6-2 count the previous evening […]
Staff It’s been a great start to the NorWOSSA season for all four Muskie court sport teams. All four squads came away with wins over the host Sioux Lookout Warriors on Tuesday afternoon to all see their league records improve to 2-0. The senior boys’ basketball team cruised to a […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team is showing no signs of slowing down in NorWOSSA league play. Fort High was dominant this week, outscoring its opposition by a combined 25-1 the last two days to see their record improve to a league-best 8-0. Captain Reed Bodnar and Peyton Avis both […]
