Local curler Raymond Roy took the lessons he learned during last year’s senior men’s provincial playdowns in New Liskeard to heart. The Fort Frances skip struggled in the early going of the provincials a year ago and finished with a 2-3 record. Roy said the team’s lack of consistency was […]
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The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team finished second at a tournament hosted by St. Patrick’s (Thunder Bay) over the weekend. The black-and-gold battled a familiar opponent in the final, with predictable results. The NorWOSSA-leading Dryden Eagles continued their mastery of the Muskies by sweeping the best-of-three final by scores of […]
Lorne Jackson’s Fort Frances rink fell to 1-1 after losing 9-6 to Al Harnden (Sault Ste. Marie) last night at the Northern Ontario men’s curling championships in Sudbury. Harnden took a commanding 4-0 lead through three ends before Jackson cut the deficit in half thanks to a deuce in the […]
The Fort Frances Atom ‘AA’ DPMG.com 99ers hockey team hosted its annual tournament over the weekend. After playing two games on Friday and two more on Saturday, the 99ers earned an undefeated record and the number-one seed in the ‘A’-side final on Sunday. To open the tournament Friday morning, the […]
The reigning Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League champions are not about to relinquish their title without a fight. Vianets (9-1) made a strong statement concerning their intentions to repeat as league champs with a 84-65 blowout over second-place La Place Rendez-Vous (7-2) on Monday night at Fort High. For the […]
The Muskies are bound for the NorWOSSA championship game. Both the junior and senior teams clinched first place in their respective divisions courtesy of wins over the visiting Kenora Broncos yesterday. The top-ranked team during the regular season is rewarded with an automatic bye into the three-team league’s final—which will […]
Two familiar storylines involving the Muskie girls’ volleyball program resurfaced yesterday at Fort High. The junior girls’ squad (4-2) defeated the visiting Kenora Broncos (0-8) for the fourth-straight time in NorWOSSA play this season—this time in a five-set thriller (25-14, 18-25, 25-19, 21-25, and 15-10). “Our play wasn’t the best, […]
The Muskie hockey program picked up a pair of wins over the Kenora Broncos in NorWOSSA action last night at the Memorial Sports Centre here. The girls’ squad (4-4-1) doubled the visitors 6-3—avenging last week’s 5-4 loss to those same Broncos (3-6-1) up there. Taylor Meyers led the Muskies offensively, […]
Six Sunset Country Squash Club members travelled to Winnipeg over the weekend to participate in the 2007 Manitoba Open pro-am tournament. Mark Faragher fought hard, playing five-set marathons in three of his four matches en route to winning the ‘C’ division title. He picked up wins over Toth (3-0), Fontaine […]
Swimmers from both the Fort Frances Aquanauts and Cyclone swim clubs performed well at the annual Groundhog Invitational swim meet here over the weekend, including a number who were new to competitive swimming. “We had some first-timers that had never competed before. They did great,” Cyclone coach Debbie Murray said […]
The Muskie junior boys’ basketball team finished fourth at the junior Kenora Invitational Tournament over the weekend. Afterwards, head coach Gord McCabe had mixed feelings concerning his team’s performance. On the one hand, he was pleased with his team’s continued progress this season and has been encouraged by the emergence […]
Figure skaters from both the Border and Emo clubs performed their jumps, spins, and routines during the Sunset Country Regional Interclub Competition hosted by Fort Frances over the weekend. Many brought home medals while others had very good placings. “I thought the kids skated well,” said Emo Figure Skating Club […]
