Staff The opportunity to represent this area at a provincial volleyball competition is right around the corner. Open tryouts will be held next Tuesday (March 6) at Crossroads School in Devlin in preparation for the Ontario Summer Games competition that is slated to be held Aug. 2-5 in London, Ont. […]

Jamie Mountain Head coach Jordan Sinclair wasn’t all that pleased with how the Muskie boys’ hockey team played in its 4-1 victory over the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints in Game 1 of their best-of-three NorWOSSA semi-final last Wednesday night at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). Although the black-and-gold did pick up […]

Staff A trio of local bowlers helped Sunset Country shine at the P.O.A. (pins over average) provincial championships held over the weekend in North Bay. Cody Brown of Fort Frances was a member of Sunset Country #1 that finished in second place overall in the P.O.A. team competition to earn […]

Staff It was a dazzling weekend in the pool for members of the local Cyclone Swim Club. Eight of the squad’s 11 swimmers who attended the Dryden Dolphins “Splash” meet on Saturday and Sunday came away with medals. Logan McFayden was “golden” in each of the nine events he entered […]

Jamie Mountain The Muskie girls’ hockey team is locked and loaded in anticipation of its best-of-three NorWOSSA final versus the Dryden Eagles that begins tonight at the Ice For Kids Arena. The first-place Muskies head into the series after showing no mercy to the fourth-place Kenora Broncos in sweeping their […]

Jamie Mountain As former Muskie Hailey Beaudry puts it, “there’s only room to improve.” Her Lakehead University Thunderwolves’ women’s curling rink–consisting of fellow ex-Muskie Erin Tomalty (lead) of Nestor Falls and Thunder Bay-based Kendra Lemieux (third) and Emily Cooney (second)–earned a hard-fought fourth-place finish at the Ontario University Athletics women’s […]

Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers will need to invest in some battle armour if their last game against the English River Miners is any indication of what’s in store for the upcoming first-round SIJHL playoff series between the two squads. The Miners are a hard-working, in-your-face style of team […]

Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Youth Fishing Team would like to be a successful program within the next few months. But they’ll need some help from the community if they are to accomplish that goal. Organizer Jason Cain held an information session Monday night in the Fort High cafeteria for […]

Jamie Mountain Bennet MacDonald of Borderland Judo Club, right, tried his best to stay on his feet against Joshua Pitt of J&M Judo in Kenora during the pair’s match at the local organization’s third-annual home meet Saturday afternoon at the Couchiching multi-use facility.

Jamie Mountain Rookie Muskie goalie Darian Klem spread out on all fours in order to keep the puck from entering his net during the black-and-gold’s 4-1 win over the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints in Game 1 of their NorWOSSA semi-final last Wednesday night at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). Klem followed […]

Jamie Mountain Muskie Reece McQuaker did her best to try to put one past Kenora Broncos’ goalie Carlee Holmstrom during Fort High’s 14-0 romp in Game 1 of the NorWOSSA girls’ hockey semi-final last Tuesday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. Fort High swept the series 2-0 and now […]

Jamie Mountain Muskie defenceman Jace Jackson and Matthew Favreau of the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints had their worlds collide during Fort High’s 4-1 win in Game 1 of the NorWOSSA boys’ hockey semi-final last Wednesday night at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). The Muskies swept the series 2-0 and now will […]