It was about making a statement—and the Dryden Eagles had the louder voice. The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball squad got a taste of how tough NorWOSSA life is going to be like this season, falling in three-straight sets to the host Eagles yesterday afternoon. The Eagles won the first set […]
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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 […]
Cramped conditions have the Fort Frances Gymnastics Academy exercising its options, including possible expansion or even construction of a new facility. Located at 835 McKenzie Ave. N., next to the Beer Store, the building was the former home of Pinewood Sports before being purchased by the club in 1993 for […]
With moose and deer hunting season over, the Muskie boys’ basketball teams might think about taking aim at some sharp-taloned eagles—Dryden Eagles, that is. In one fell swoop, the Eagles snatched two victories away from the visiting Muskie hoopsters yesterday afternoon. Larry Pham had 25 points in a losing cause […]
A recent ruling by Revenue Canada that could force junior hockey teams to be more forthcoming about their financial practices is no concern to the Borderland Thunder. In fact, Thunder president Shawn Jourdain said the case involving the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, where Nipawin Hawks player Jeff Affleck was categorized […]
It’s not the luck of the Irish that has caused Raymond Bedard to become one of the top Special Olympics athletes in Canada. Rather, the 44-year-old Fort Frances resident’s outstanding performance this year is a product of his three-day-a-week schedule of both weightlifting and cross-training that he calls the toughest […]
The Muskie girls’ hockey team started the game with a song on the bench—and ended it with a tune of celebration. Krystine Marchuk made no mistake on a rebound opportunity to score the winning goal at 3:09 of overtime to give the Muskies a 3-2 victory over the St. Thomas […]
Bulldogs, critters, and bears, oh my. It wasn’t quite an animal house at the Ice for Kids Arena, but the assorted creatures on hand at the Ice for Kids Arena on Saturday night witnessed the Borderland Thunder shoot their way to a 7-3 win against the Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs. […]
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 […]
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 […]
