Two years into the program, organization of Fort High’s golf club is getting a little better. The club, which has seven student members, ran a tournament at Kitchen Creek Golf Course here last week, coming in fourth, with Red Lake taking first place. The highlight of the tournament was a […]
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“Here they come—the boys in the bright white sports car.” Well, the cars weren’t exactly white at the opening of the stock car racing season at the Emo Speedway on Saturday night, but Trooper’s 1976 hit got one detail right: they were bright. The 24 cars that competed in the […]
According to her mother, volleyball is Kate Elliott’s sport. Which might explain why she was named the MVP for Muskie senior girls’ volleyball for 2003-04. “Whether we were up on the scoreboard or down on the scoreboard, she excelled in every game,” said senior girls’ coach Char Bliss, who named […]
Two local football players are left before the final tryouts for Football Manitoba’s under-17 team. The team, which will be cut from 55 to 36 during practice June 11-13, will compete against at least six other teams later this summer in Kitchener. Muskie ‘A’ football coach Bob Swing approached a […]
The outgoing president and one of the founders of the FFHS Athletic Association executive was heavily-honoured at the Muskies’ awards banquet last night. Andrew George, who graduates this year after playing basketball and football for Fort High, was named the ‘A’ football team’s MVP, winner of the Brent Ogden Memorial […]
An athlete who qualified for the all-Ontarios twice in the same school year, as well as one who went to OFSAA in consecutive years in two different sports, were crowned as the top female and male Muskie athletes at Tuesday night’s athletic awards banquet at La Place Rendez-Vous. Heather Dutton […]
The Muskies girls’ soccer team is getting set to host the NWOSSAA playoffs this Saturday after winning the NorWOSSA crown last Thursday in Kenora. The girls, who only had played four competitive games going into the two-day NorWOSSA showdown, also were missing coach Struchan Gilson for the tournament. But that […]
When it comes to scoring goals Muskie style, two heads are better than one. Riding a pair of clutch headers by strikers Chris Plett and Matt Basaraba, the Muskie boys’ soccer team built a quick 2-0 lead en route to a 4-1 victory over the Rainy River Owls in the […]
The Emo Meals on Wheels program, currently funded almost exclusively by the township, may become a thing of the past without an infusion of capital, it was learned last week. A meeting May 18 with the Meals on Wheels committee and Emo Reeve Russ Fortier revealed the 10-year-old van currently […]
With roughly 80 children and 50 adults on hand, the Emo Toy Library and Resource Centre last Wednesday officially joined the network of Ontario Early Years Centres that spans the province. Anne McKinnon did face-painting, Mike Loney had animal balloons for the youngsters, and Carmela Klug was on hand to […]
Last Friday was a busy day for Donna Kowalski’s Grade 1 class. The 22 students shed the familiar walls of Crossroads School in Devlin and instead took their education act on the road for the chance to learn about life in a rural community from the inside. The outing not […]
Chapple Heritage committee members tell me June 15 is quickly approaching, at which time registrations are due for the school reunion later this summer. If you’re planning to attend one of the meals provided by the Heritage committee, the concert, or dance on Saturday, June 31, you must pre-register. Forms […]
