Submitted Montana Plasky, left, and Greta Fedoruk were among the 19 Muskie runners who qualified for the all-Ontarios this Saturday in Sudbury after putting in a great performance at the NWOSSAA championships last Wednesday in Thunder Bay. Plasky snared bronze in the junior girls’ division while Fedoruk cruised to gold […]

Jamie Mountain Kirsten Armstrong, right, tried to wrestle the ball away from her Ignace Falcons opponent during the second half of the Rainy River Owl senior girls’ basketball team’s 35-16 win in NorWOSSA ‘A’ action on Monday afternoon at RRHS. The Owls improved to 4-4 with the win.

Jamie Mountain MacKenzie Ludeman had her eye towards the basket as she surveyed her options on offence during the first half of the Rainy River Owl senior girls’ basketball team’s 35-16 win over the Ignace Falcons on Monday afternoon at RRHS.

Jamie Mountain Ryder Sinninghe tipped the ball in attempt to get it over the hands of his Ignace Falcons’ opponents during the second set of the Rainy River Owl junior boys’ volleyball team’s 3-0 win in NorWOSSA ‘A’ action on Monday afternoon at RRHS.

Bernice Kempf and Cathy and Robert Perreault of Fort Frances were among the $30 winners in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association’s cash calendar draw for the week of Oct. 20-26. Kayle Veldhuisen (Devlin), Glenda Halverson and Cliff Westover (Rainy River), Linda Fraser (Atikokan), and Anne O’Sullivan (Vancouver). Meanwhile, […]

Jamie Mountain That rumbling you feel is from the collective footsteps of the Muskie cross-country team. The 26-member contingent that Fort High sent to the NWOSSAA championships last Wednesday at the Kamview Ski Trails in Thunder Bay served notice to all of Ontario that they are a force to be […]

Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers may get down at some point in games so far this season, but you can certainly never count them out. The team showed some resilience once again over the weekend in a pair of road games and are steadily learning what it takes to […]

Staff The No.15/20 Florida State Seminoles’ swimming and diving teams secured a pair of wins against NR/RV Georgia Tech on the road at the McAuley Aquatic Center on Saturday. The 20th-ranked women’s team (2-2, 1-2 ACC) defeated Georgia Tech (0-1, 0-1 ACC) 177-123, while the No. 15 men (3-1, 2-1 […]

Jamie Mountain Despite not finishing the Winnipeg High School Football League regular season on the most positive of notes, the Muskie football team is aiming to rectify that in the playoffs. A 29-6 loss to the Maples Mauraders last Wednesday in Winnipeg left the Muskies with a 4-2 record and […]

Jamie Mountain The Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team was able to halt a frustrating five-match losing skid last week and now are planning to build off that momentum as they gear up for the stretch drive towards the NorWOSSA playoffs. Fort High played well and saw its league record improve […]

Jamie Mountain The teams that can put it all together and execute at the right time are usually the ones who end the year on top. That’s the way the Muskie junior boys’ volleyball team is trending and its confidence is starting to rise after dispatching the visiting Dryden Eagles […]

Staff The Ladies’ “Toothpick” squash tournament made its triumphant return to Fort Frances over the weekend. The tournament has been revived with the resurgence of new and past female players, where a total of 10 women participated in two round robins of ‘A’ and ‘B’ divisions. Veteran Mary-Beth Tkachuk won […]