Matt Chalmers made his way around the final turn en route to placing third in the skate ski 10-km race that was part of the second-annual Rainy Lake “Loppet” on Saturday afternoon. Hosted by the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club, nine skiers took advantage of the mild winter day to […]

Jamie Mountain Matt Booth was able to steer away a dangerous scoring chance from his crease during the second period of the Fort Frances Lakers’ 7-3 victory over the Minnesota Iron Rangers on Sunday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena. Booth made 25 saves to help the Lakers earn […]

Jamie Mountain Noah Loveday narrowly missed out on a glorious scoring chance as he couldn’t bury a feed from linemate Brett Hahkala during the first period of the Fort Frances Lakers’ 7-3 triumph over the Minnesota Iron Rangers on Sunday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena. The Lakers snapped […]

Jamie Mountain Alexis Norris maneuvered her way down a hill during the classic ski five-km race Saturday afternoon. She wound up second in the three-skier field with a time of 31:57.

Fort Frances Lakers’ defenceman Dane Bateman looked to fire a shot past Thief River Falls Norskies’ goalie Bailey Schmitz during his squad’s 5-1 loss Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. Schmitz made 27 saves to hand the Lakers their 33rd regulation loss of the season.

of Clint Bruyere Katie Stearns of the Emo Misfits came up with a huge stop on Fort Frances Chiefs’ forward Emily Martin during a game at the Chiefs’ fourth-annual women’s hockey tournament held March 1-3 at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). The Misfits compiled a 4-1 record en route to claiming […]

Submitted McKenna McTavish of Devlin made history as she became the first-ever female member of the Mighty Mustangs youth wrestling program to place at the MNUSA state wrestling tournament in Rochester, Mn. on Saturday.

Staff The Emo Misfits scored with two minutes left in overtime to pull out a thrilling 4-3 win over the Fort Frances Chiefs in the final of the Chiefs’ fourth-annual tournament that was held March 1-3 at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). The Misfits opened the scoring with 51 seconds to […]

Jamie Mountain A sixth-grader from Devlin made some history Saturday when she became the first-ever female to place for the Mighty Mustangs youth wrestling program at the MNUSA state wrestling tournament in Rochester, Mn. McKenna McTavish, competing in the all-girls’ division, took third place in her weight class. “McKenna is […]

Jamie Mountain It was a day of nice weather and good competition for those who attended the second-annual Rainy Lake “Loppet” on Saturday afternoon. Hosted by the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club at its Rocky Inlet trails, nine skiers made the most of a mild winter day and put their […]

Jamie Mountain Each match is a learning experience and sometimes the lessons you need to learn most come from tough losses. The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team experienced its share of disappointment last week as the black-and-gold compiled a 1-3 record in Pool ‘A’ play to finish fourth and wind […]