Jamie Mountain Junior Muskie Brennan Jourdain protected the ball and looked for an option to pass to while he was guarded by senior Muskie Brett Schram during a boys’ basketball scrimmage last Thursday afternoon at Fort High. Both Muskie basketball teams were slated to kick off the NorWOSSA regular season […]

Jamie Mountain Dylan Kosik, left, Dean Bucholz, Ethan Carlson-Jourdain, and Reece Hopfner all took to the ice as the Fort Frances Lakers got ready to battle the Dryden GM Ice Dogs on Friday night here. The Lakers prevailed by a 5-4 count to see their record get back to .500 […]

Ken Kellar Diane Maxey, left, led the Christmas Choraliers through their first show of the season at Rainycrest on Saturday afternoon. The choir’s second performance took place at Zion Lutheran Church in International Falls on Sunday, and one final performance will take place this Sunday at 3 p.m. at the […]

Jamie Mountain Brooke Marchuk, left, and Cierra Ogden were working on perfecting their bumping skills early into a Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team practice last Thursday afternoon at Fort High. The two-time defending NorWOSSA champion Muskies kicked off their road to a potential title defence yesterday with the NorWOSSA regular-season […]

Jamie Mountain Aurora Hutton tipped the ball over the net and over the hands of teammate Alina Eldridge while Grace Petsnick looked on during a Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team practice last Thursday afternoon at Fort High.

Staff It was a tough start to the year for the Rainy River Owls’ winter court sports teams. Three of the four squads suffered losses to the visiting St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) in their NorWOSSA ‘A’ home-openers on Monday at RRHS. In boy’s basketball action, the seniors were routed […]

Jamie Mountain The Muskie junior and senior boys’ basketball teams have been hard at work getting ready for another season ahead. The junior squad will have a new coach in Corey Smith this season, who now is one of the vice-principals at Fort High after spending a year at Rainy […]

Jamie Mountain A change of scenery proved to be the right tonic for Matthieu Harrold last week. The newest Fort Frances Laker had a home debut to remember as he scored once and helped set-up Noah Loveday’s game-winner in the third period to lift the hosts to a 5-4 win […]

Jamie Mountain They may have had their medal hopes dashed but the members of the Muskie boys’ hockey team fought valiantly until the end. The Muskies compiled a 4-1 record en route to a fifth-place finish at the annual Victoria Inns tournament in Brandon, Man. over the weekend. “Overall, I […]

Jamie Mountain The winter season of NorWOSSA court sports is now upon us and the Muskie junior and senior girls’ volleyball teams have been busy fine-tuning their skills for the competition that lies ahead. The junior squad will look vastly different this season but is hoping to build on some […]

Press Release CALGARY, Alta.–The Canadian Junior Hockey League, in conjunction with the National Hockey League and Hockey Canada, announced recently that Hamilton, Ont., has been selected as the host city for the 15th-annual CJHL Prospects Game, which will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 14 at Dave Andreychuk Arena. Game time […]

Jamie Mountain Baudette Bears’ captain Blake Ferris, left, met Muskie captain Reed Bodnar at centre ice for a special ceremonial faceoff prior to Fort High’s 5-4 win in exhibition action last Tuesday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. The Muskies rallied late to snatch the win.