It was like catching up to someone on the highway, only to have them find an extra gear and leave you in their rearview mirror. The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team looked, at times, the equal of the Hammarskjold Vikings of Thunder Bay—their opponent in the final and ultimately deciding […]
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What a difference a night makes. After managing just one goal on 43 shots in a 1-1 tie Friday night against the visiting Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs, the Borderland Thunder readjusted their rifle scopes and were deadly accurate in a 7-3 defeat of the Bulldogs on Saturday night at the […]
It was almost a perfect debut. The second half of the NorWOSSA court sports season kicked off here yesterday afternoon with the Muskies winning three of four matches against the visiting Kenora Broncos. Larry Pham had 23 points as the Muskie junior boys’ basketball squad turned a one-point halftime deficit […]
They are different-coloured horses who both showed they have got a pretty mean kick. Both the Muskie girls’ and boys’ hockey teams will be involved in on-ice clashes tonight with teams that dominated them the last time they hooked up. The female Muskies (0-4) will look to get back on […]
The Borderland Thunder’s latest acquisitions will be moving from the outhouse to the penthouse. Head coach Dave Allison announced yesterday the addition of forwards Ryan Sinclair and Christopher “Critter” Nagurski in two separate cash transactions as the Thunder head into this weekend’s two-game set here against the Thunder Bay KC […]
Jared Catholique-Bruyere stared his nemesis in the face—and then put him on his backside. The 15-year-old judoist from Couchiching beat archrival Mike Grunberg to win the 81+ kg division final at the Canada Winter Games qualifying meet in Ajax, Ont. last weekend. Catholique-Bruyere earned his spot at the Games, slated […]
There were more rookies than veterans but for their first time out, the newcomers didn’t look half bad. The Muskie junior girls’ volleyball squad had a productive, if not completely successful, weekend at the eight-team tournament they hosted. Entering the tournament as two separate teams consisting of three second-year and […]
The Red Lake Rams were washed out by two Muskie hockey teams that were not to be denied here over the weekend. The girls won their first game of the season with a 4-1 victory Friday night in exhibition action at the ’52 Canadians Arena. After falling behind 1-0 in […]
The Muskie boys’ and girls’ hockey teams will try to send their northern NorWOSSA opponents up the creek in a two-rink doubleheader here tonight. The boys will face the Red Lake Rams at 7:30 p.m. in the Ice for Kids Arena while the girls square off with the Rams at […]
The progress of the newest swim club in Fort Frances is running well ahead of schedule. The Cyclones will send a season-high 11 swimmers, including seven making their debuts, to this weekend’s sprint meet in Atikokan hosted by the Nakokita Swim Club. The expanding total has Cyclones head coach Debbie […]
High school hockey fans were shocked Tuesday to learn Glen Edwards had stepped down as head coach of the Muskie boys’ hockey team in the midst of his 23rd season with the squad. Assistant coaches Ken Christiansen and Shane Bliss will take over the reins for the duration of the […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team hope to stay in its offensive groove from the weekend when the Chisholm Blue Streaks invade the Ice for Kids Arena tonight at 7:30. The game is the first of two exhibition clashes between the teams this season, with the rematch set for Feb. 6 […]
