Staff Duane Roen said earlier this month he wasn’t going to assume his Muskie squad was the best junior boys’ volleyball outfit in NorWOSSA until he had the championship trophy in his hands. Alas, his sense of foreshadowing was all too accurate for his tastes. The Muskies watched defending champion […]
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Staff Church was not in session, at least as far as the Muskie junior girls’ basketball team was concerned. The Muskies frustrated Morgan Church, the Dryden Eagles’ leading scorer, for most of the game and used overwhelming first- and third-quarter performances to emerge with a 36-25 victory in the NorWOSSA […]
Staff Any hockey coach worth their salt is a firm believer in the concept that playing good hockey for only parts of a game more often than will not lead to bad news on the scoreboard at the final buzzer. Wayne Strachan most likely subscribed to that theory before last […]
Staff Hunting season is in full force in Rainy River District, but deer and moose are not Shane Bliss’ target—it’s a head football coach. The Fort High athletic director is putting out a public appeal in hopes of snaring a viable candidate to become the new man in charge along […]
Staff Coming off a pre-season which included a silver medal at their home tournament and a consolation championship in Winnipeg, the Muskie girls’ hockey team were licking their chops at the prospect of a high-octane start to the NorWOSSA regular season. Instead, their engine failed to click on all cylinders, […]
Staff It’s a childhood fantasy played out on thousands of backyard rinks and frozen ponds across Canada by innumerable young hockey players every year—scoring the game-winning goal in a big game in the dying seconds. Matt DePiero lived the dream in Morden, Man. on the weekend. DePiero was handed the […]
Staff Kermit the Frog once sang “It’s Not Easy Being Green.” But a group of PeeWee pucksters showed this past weekend it’s pretty sweet being Green’s. Matt Cheetham netted the lone goal of the shootout to give Green’s a 4-3 win Sunday over the Current River Ice Comets (Thunder Bay) […]
Peggy Revell A solemn crowd greeted the local Legion’s colour guard as they arrived at the Fort Frances cenotaph for the annual Remembrance Day ceremony last Wednesday morning. The service, which included various prayers, the laying of wreathes, and a recitation of “In Flanders Field,” was followed by a lunch […]
Duane Hicks After getting tips from student volunteers Carrie Bragg, left, and Mikaela Kroeker, Coun. John Albanese tried his hand at bowling at the Nintendo Wii demonstration Sautrday during the Seniors’ Lifestyle Expo.
Dave Ogilvie Emo Reeve Ed Carlson, representing the municipality, saluted the fallen soldiers at the cenotaph during Remembrance Day ceremonies there last Wednesday. Ceremonies were held across the district to remember those who fought and died in war.
Peggy Revell Dana Cridland, Melissa Payne, and Ericka Tymkin gave big “thumbs up” to the delicious baking and fine craft items up for grabs Sunday afternoon during a Christmas tea hosted by the Muskie girls’ hockey team in the Memorial Sports Centre auditorium.
Heather Latter Bailey Strom, left, and Kennedy Latimer were among the Fort High students rehearsing last night for their upcoming musical revue entitled “Dreams.” The show goes this Thursday through Saturday (Nov. 19-21) at the Townshend Theatre beginning at 7:30 p.m. each night. Tickets, which cost $10 for adults and […]
