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 […]
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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 […]
The leaders of the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League continue to strike fear in their opponents’ hearts. Scared Hitless continued to set the pace with a league-high 42 points after action Nov. 21, with former leaders Gillons’ trailing by only two in second place. The Diehards still are applying pressure […]
Like a pesky mosquito at a family picnic, the Borderland Thunder refused to go away Saturday night. The SIJHL’s top squad charged back from a three-goal second-period deficit, then scored twice in the final two minutes to steal a 7-6 win from the host Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs. “We found […]
It was still hockey—it just looked like a pinball game. Another weekend of piling up goals in rapid-fire succession left the Muskie boys’ hockey team still undefeated in NorWOSSA action. The home side from Sioux Lookout played the bug to the Muskies’ windshield over the weekend as the black-and-gold splattered […]
Bryan Bonot and Norm Hyatt will have to wait until next year to take the next step. Representing the Stratton Curling Club and Fort Frances Curling Club, respectively, Bonot and Hyatt finished out of the running at the senior men’s and women’s association championships last week in Kakabeka Falls. After […]
