Former Muskie Rustyn Dolyny backhanded a rebound at 7:11 of the second period Saturday to help the Michigan State Spartans capture the CCHA championship with a 6-0 romp over Nebraska-Omaha. It was Dolyny’s second goal in as many nights as the Spartans won their second CCHA title in three years. […]
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The Muskies exploded for three goals in the third period en route to a 6-3 victory this morning against the Regiopolis-Notre Dame Panthers in their first game at the all-Ontarios in Sudbury. The Panthers jumped on the scoreboard first just over a minute into the game when Adam Deszpoth beat […]
As more and more information is gathered on intravenous drug use in the area, the local Northwestern Health Unit office remains positive about starting up a needle exchange program here. “We want to meet the needs of people if that need is there,” said Ken Allan, team leader at the […]
An FM station within a station, KXBR is eager to take to the airwaves in mid-April at 91.9 FM through KBHW-FM in International Falls. Called “EDGE-WISE,” the station will combine God’s Word, music, and personality to speak directly to the younger generation in Borderland, preaching the Gospel in a creative […]
The weather forced some changes but that didn’t stop Sturgeon Creek students from having fun at their annual winter carnival last Friday in Barwick, complete with a pancake breakfast, hotdog barbecue, games, and awards. “The parents of the students came, too,” said eighth-grader Matt Neilson, who’s president of the student […]
The Stratton recreation grounds may look more like a forest in several years if Moe and Joyce Henry have anything to say about it. Come spring, the couple will be looking to plant up to nine varieties of trees there as part of a “memorial tree” project, in which Stratton […]
With his trick-roping, horseback-riding, target-shooting, and guitar-strumming, Eric Brandrick could well be the closest Rainy River District has to a cowboy. “Yeah, he’s our old cowboy. He sings and plays guitar and everything,” said Joyce Young, owner of Trail’s End Riding Stable north of Devlin. Living on a piece of […]
The Thunder Bay Sportop Kings swept the visiting Sioux Hawks to win the best-of-three regional playdowns last weekend and advance to the Ontario Hockey League Cup. Thunder Bay clinched the series Saturday with a 13-3 romp. They had beaten the Hawks 6-1 in the opener Friday. The Kings will now […]
D&A Construction Midget girls’ hockey team won the ‘C’ final of a tournament in Emo, downing the Red Lake/Ear Falls OPP Polar Bears 6-1 on Sunday. After Jennifer Krag gave D&A a 1-0 lead midway through the first period, Shannon Koval (assisted by Erin McIvor), Alicia Giles, and Jennifer Caul […]
Shane Katona, who passed his gold-level performances, led the local Border Figure Skating Club at a test day in Kenora last weekend. “It means he’s passed every skills level,” BFSC coach Penny McComb enthused. “It’s fabulous for him. He skated with top honours and around here that’s a terrific feat […]
Each year, five NorWOSSA teams start the season with a clean slate. No wins, no losses, no ties. Throughout the campaign, teams expect to pick up their share of each along the way. But this past season was an exception to the rule. The Muskies defied the odds by breezing […]
If experience is the key to victory, then Scott Gobeil’s Fort Frances rink should be in good shape heading into the annual National Police Curling Championships which start this Saturday in Halifax. Gobeil will be making his sixth trip in seven years to the nationals while this marks number nine […]
