The Boston Red Sox aren’t done yet. Johnny Damon scored the tie-breaking run on a wild pitch in the 15th inning as the Red Sx edged the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 last night to avoid elimination from the AL wild-card race. One more Boston loss or one Anaheim win will bounce […]
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Lousy weather and an ill-timed turnover left the Muskie ‘A’ football team unable to break into the win column for another week. A valiant defensive effort by the black-and-gold went unrewarded by their still-struggling offence as the Muskies (0-3) fell 12-2 to the Churchill Bulldogs in Winnipeg High School Football […]
Mike Vacura and Mami Korpi have 15,000 reasons to be glad they decided to bait their hooks north of the border. The Roseau, Mn. duo blew away the 80-team field to win the Rainy River Live Release Walleye Tournament over the weekend—netting the $15,000 first prize. Vacura and Korpi, who […]
Most teams are refined in the art of playing with the lead. It’s the better clubs that know how to come from behind. The Borderland Thunder fought back from a 4-1 second-period deficit Saturday night to salvage a 5-5 tie with the Nipigon Feathermen Hawks at the Ice for Kids […]
The scoreboard wasn’t blazing, but the result brought about plenty of shining smiles. The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team’s ferocious defence overshadowed its new pedal-to-the-metal style of offence as they opened the NorWOSSA campaign with a 26-19 win over the defending champion Dryden Eagles there yesterday. While their high-powered attack […]
Registration on Monday night for the upcoming curling season yielded 99 teams and roughly 400 curlers—down from the estimated 450 who came out of the hack last season. “Some people change their interests and want a break from curling,” Kathie Jackson, chair of the Fort Frances Curling Committee, speculated late […]
Byron Maggrah has issued a pre-season heads-up. The referee-in-chief for the Superior International Junior Hockey League has informed those wearing the striped shirts it is time to get tough on incidents of checking to the head by players when the league’s second season begins this Friday. “There will be growing […]
A close evaluation of the NorWOSSA junior boys’ volleyball league spotlights one undeniable fact: the margin for error is minimal. “We went from worst to first last year and this year, we could go from first to worst,” said Muskie coach Greg Ste. Croix of his defending NorWOSSA champs. “I’ve […]
Bodies were hitting the ground everywhere you turned Monday. But don’t panic, it was just the start of another flip-filled season at the Fort Frances Judo Club. Les Wiersema, club president for the last eight years, estimated about 30 judokas came out for the season’s inaugural session. “It’s about the […]
Auto racing has been in Dwayne Pihulak’s blood for 35 years. But the Fort Frances resident isn’t sure what his racing future holds after a controversial finish to the last competitive event of the season at Emo Speedway earlier this month. “It’s very questionable whether I’ll return to racing there,” […]
Once they got hopping, there was just no stopping. Ernie Klyne and Laura Bruyere got the jump on the rest of the field en route to the respective men’s and ladies’ titles in the annual Frog Creek Open Sunday at Kitchen Creek. Klyne was feeling fine after shooting a 79 […]
The coming season for the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team should carry a disclaimer for spectators. Warning: Shots will be fired from all directions. Blink at your own risk. The Muskies plan to take a high-octane approach from the opening tip-off of the season tomorrow in Dryden as they look […]
