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The Muskie Nordic skiing team never fails to impress and that rang true once again at the NWOSSAA championships in Atikokan last Thursday. A total of four Muskies qualified for OFSAA later this month, which included the senior girls’ team sweeping the podium in the high school division. The smile […]

A lack of communication ultimately became their undoing, but the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team still put in a great effort over the weekend and came away with the silver medal at the annual St. Patrick Volleyball Festival in Thunder Bay. The Muskies went a perfect 4-0 through round robin […]

The Rainy River Owls’ junior girls’ volleyball team has been nothing short of superb this season and may just be peaking at the right time. Rainy River improved to a league-best 5-0 as they won both of their matches in NorWOSSA ‘A’ play last week against the host Red Lake […]

The Muskie boys’, girls’ and mixed curling teams headed into the NorWOSSA championships in Kenora on Sunday and Monday to kick butt and chew bubblegum–and they were all out of bubblegum. Both the boys’ and girls’ rinks claimed NorWOSSA gold while the mixed team snared silver as they all represented […]

The Muskie boys’ hockey team has made a habit of getting out to slow starts in games. Fortunately for them, they’ve been able to overcome that and fight back to win more often than not so far this season. That rang true for the black-and-gold once again in the finale […]

After a rough month of January, the tides appear to be turning for the Fort Frances Lakers. The Lakers compiled a 2-1-1 record in four games last week, which was capped off by home-and-home split against the Thief River Falls Norskies over the weekend where they claimed three of a […]

With the NorWOSSA playoffs fast approaching, every game is crucial from here on out for the Muskie girls’ hockey team. The Muskies are playing with confidence heading into the stretch run of the season after pulling out a comeback 3-2 shootout win over the rival St. Thomas Aquinas Saints in […]

It was a great weekend for the Fort Frances Lakers as the squad picked up three of a possible four points in a home-and-home split with the Thief River Falls Norksies. Tyler Johnson scored the lone goal of the shootout as the Norskies pulled out a narrow 5-4 decision over […]

The Muskie girls’ hockey team played a fair bit of hockey over the last week as they get prepared for the NorWOSSA playoffs ahead. Fort High was in Thunder Bay over the weekend to play some exhibition games against Thunder Bay teams, where the black-and-gold away with a 1-3 record. […]

It was another great day for the Muskie Nordic skiing team at the NWOSSAA championships on Thursday in Atikokan. Four members of the black-and-gold were able to book their tickets to the all-Ontarios, which are slated for Feb. 19-21 in Huntsville. In the junior girls’ 3.7-K race, Emma Toriseva nabbed […]

The Northern Ontario Curling Association is pleased to announce that Curling Kenora has been awarded the 2021 Men’s and Scotties Provincial Championship. The event will take place January 26-31, 2021, at the Kenora Recreation Centre. “The Host Bid Committee awarded this event to Curling Kenora after careful evaluation of all […]