Chants of “Muskies, Muskies, Muskies” or “Go Muskies Go” shook the walls of the Countryside Arena in Sudbury before the start of the black-and-gold’s quarter-final showdown with the Upper Canada College Blues of Toronto. The cheering grew even louder by the roughly 100 or so Muskie faithful on hand as […]
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In past years, Scott Gobeil’s Northern Ontario rink usually came up with the key shot at pivotal times to pull out victories at the national police curling playdowns. But those game-winning shots were nowhere to be found this time around in Halifax. The result was a 6-5 record and an […]
The local Sunset Country Ford Mustangs “AA” Atom hockey team were blanked 4-0 in their final round-robin game by the Volunteer Pool Bearcats (Thunder Bay) at the 28th-annual Elks tournament there. The loss ousted the Mustangs from further contention. The Bearcats grabbed a 3-0 lead after the first period, then […]
The local KC “AA” Peewee hockey team finished with a 4-1 record to place second at a six-team tournament in Fargo, N.D. earlier this month. Their only loss in the five-game round-robin was a 2-1 decision to the Fargo Raiders–this year’s North Dakota state champs. Jamie Davis scored midway through […]
The Fort Frances senior girls’ bowling team, representing Sunset Country, finished fourth at a provincial bowling tournament in Thunder Bay earlier this month. The team of Megan Bale, Allison AmOrde, Carolyn O’Brien, Tina Hyatt, and Cristy Beadle wound up with a four-game total of 3,883 pins–just 133 behind the gold […]
The Muskies overcame an eight-point deficit in the third quarter Monday night to pull out an 81-71 victory over Tagg’s in the championship game of the four-team men’s basketball league here. The black-and-gold elected to go to a more pressing style of defence in the second half, which forced several […]
Former Muskie Aaron Grynol netted a hat trick to help the Thunder Bay Flyers to a season-ending 7-4 victory over the Dubuque Fighting Saints in United States Hockey League action last Saturday. Grynol, 18, was the Flyers leading goal scorer this season, finishing with 22. His 34 points put him […]
Two weeks in Costa Rica surrounded by tropical rainforest was icing on the cake for Aimée Pelletier. It also made her itchy–to travel that is. “I think this was a jumping off point for me,” said the 18-year-old Fort High student, whose post-secondary goal it is to earn a degree […]
As municipalities struggle with their budgets for the year 2000, a number of councils have voiced concern over the Northwestern Health Unit’s hike in municipal levies. During Monday night’s regular meeting here, a number of councillors voiced concern over whether the health unit has been managing its services efficiently in […]
A provincial task force with a mandate to consult with people in various rural communities stopped in Fort Frances on Monday morning. Fort Frances was one of 14 stops the task force is making to rural communities across the province to gauge the needs and status of small-town Ontario. Representatives […]
Mike Bird, a member of the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition, returned last week from a trip to Bangladesh and India with insight for the 2002 World Health Organization’s Safe Communities conference being hosted by Fort Frances. He also came home with a better idea of health issues facing other […]
Members of Beta Sigma Phi sorority won’t have to worry about trying to fill seats for their “A Stroll Through the Century–Tea & Vintage Fashion Show” coming up April 15 at the Red Dog Inn. The first show at 2 p.m. sold out some time last week and, as of […]
