There was no need to call the Psychic Friends Network. Dave Allison could handle the fortune telling duties all by himself. “This one had been coming for a long time,” said the Borderland Thunder head coach after his troops absorbed their worst defeat of the year in a 6-1 loss […]
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Harry Houdini would have been proud of this escape act. With elimination staring them straight in the face all day, the Muskie boys’ curling squad pieced together four-straight wins, including a 6-3 victory over the Dryden Eagles in the final, to capture the NWOSSAA crown yesterday in Red Lake. “I […]
The great ones make it look easy, but are never satisfied. Fort Frances Aquanauts member Alex Parent took the junior national swimming championships in Regina last week by storm, tearing up the pool for six gold medals in the Swimmers With Athletic Disabilities (SWAD) division—and winning every event he competed […]
You’ve got to be lucky to be good. Well, the Muskie boys’ and girls’ curling teams will need to be good and lucky—and fast. Some first-day struggles yesterday at the NWOSSAA championships in Red Lake will force both Muskie squads to get hot in a hurry today—and also get some […]
With a summer of movie sequels on the horizon, the Dryden Eagles beat Hollywood to the punch and released their own follow-up. In a rerun of last year’s NorWOSSA playoffs, both the Eagles boys’ and girls’ hockey teams brought a sudden end to the Muskies’ seasons with semi-final sweeps. After […]
The Borderland Thunder went from fight night to fright night, but still came away with a valuable four points over the weekend in their quest to clinch first place in the SIJHL. A 6-1 victory here Friday night over the Feathermen Hawks featured an eight-player brawl at the 12:02 mark […]
Athletes sometimes are described as being in the groove. If so, Alex Parent carved a whole valley out of the flatlands of Saskatchewan last week. The Fort Frances Aquanaut was unstoppable in the Swimmers With Athletic Disabilities (SWAD) division of the junior national swimming championships in Regina, piling up six […]
On an undeniably memorable day at the “Fish Tank,” the Muskie junior girls’ volleyball squad will look back at yesterday with the fondest of recollections. The black-and-gold completed their remarkable turnaround this season with a 3-1 victory over the Dryden Eagles in the best-of-five NorWOSSA final in front of a […]
The playoffs are about clutch play, hustle, and intelligence. Last night, the Muskie boys’ hockey team was none of the above. The Dryden Eagles scored on back-to-back power plays in the first period en route to an 8-3 thrashing of the host Muskies in game one of their best-of-three NorWOSSA […]
The Borderland Thunder are hungry for victory—and hope this weekend’s menu includes roasted Hawks. With less than 10 games left in the regular season, the league-leading Thunder (27-9-5-2) will take on the fifth-place Feathermen Hawks (10-31-1-4) tonight and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at the Ice for Kids Arena. The Thunder […]
A courageous comeback ended up being in vain for the Borderland Thunder last night. The hometown Dryden Ice Dogs (27-15-2-1) watched the Thunder (27-10-5-1) erase a three-goal deficit, but then steadied themselves in time to earn a 4-3 victory in overtime. The win was only Dryden’s second in nine tries […]
It’s been a year of commiserating, seething, and planning. Now the time for payback is finally here. The Muskie boys’ hockey team has waited 12 long months to avenge their 2-0 loss to the Dryden Eagles in the best-of-three NorWOSSA semi-finals last season. Step one in the retribution process takes […]
