The Muskies senior boys’ basketball team capped off a perfect regular season here yesterday afternoon by drubbing the Kenora Broncos 69-36. The black-and-gold clinched first place in NorWOSSA with their 8-0 record and an automatic berth into the league final to be played here a week from Friday (Feb. 25). […]
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The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team won a six-team tournament in Winnipeg on Saturday after an 85-79 victory over the Churchill Bulldogs. The black-and-gold fought back from a 13-point deficit midway through the third quarter to lead 59-58 going into the final stanza. Then they led by as many as […]
Ask Muskie head coach Glen Edwards if he’s wavered at all in his pre-season prediction of the Muskies winning a provincial championship this year and you get a simple answer. Not one bit. “Oh yeah, absolutely. We’ve got a good chance [to win] at the all-Ontarios,” an upbeat Edwards said […]
When the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team puts together all aspects of their game–showcasing their hitting, passing, and blocking talents–they can be very tough to beat. They proved that at a 10-team tournament in Dryden last weekend, winning the championship crown with a 25-20/25-20 victory over the Hillcrest Colts (Thunder […]
The Emo Devlin Barwick Minor Hockey Association welcomed everyone to its 2000 Initiation Jamboree held Saturday. The motto for the day was “Hockey for the fun of it.” About 125 players–along with their coaches, parents, and friends–enjoyed the games. No scores was kept and penalties were rare. “The jamboree is […]
To celebrate “Gymnastics Awareness Week,” the Fort Frances Visserettes & Boys are offering everyone the chance to attend one free gymnastics class to try out the sport and meet the coaches. Call 274-2966 to let us know your child will be coming and to set a time. A free T-shirt […]
Emo minor hockey teams had a good showing on the ice this past week, with only the Midgets singing the “blues.” In Atom action, the Emo Selects downed the visiting MEC Bulldogs (Fort Frances) 5-1. Nathan Brigham and Eric Soucy led Emo with two goals apiece while Tyson Romyn notched […]
Nothing beats racing in front of the home crowd. And Johnny Lundon took full advantage of the familiar faces, coming through with a pair of first-place finishes–in the Sport Open and Sport 600 classes–in Sunday’s finals at the Mn North Snocross race here. Lundon also placed fifth in the Sport […]
Three Fort Frances teams skated home winners from the novice hockey tournament in Emo last weekend. Skates and Blades took the Showalter’s Flying Service ‘A’ title, Foodtown Fury captured the M.L. Judson Trucking Ltd. ‘B’ event final, and the Times Tigers won the Village Variety ‘C’ crown. Skates and Blades […]
Globeco International Inc. in Rainy River, along with at least three other regional grants, was among the 424 recently audited by Human Resources and Development Canada but not flagged for further review. “No reason was identified by the auditors to focus special attention on the 424 files [which were selected […]
More than 70 people turned out for the Robbie Burns supper at La Place Rendez-Vous on Saturday night, quashing any worries organizers had about attracting guests to an evening of haggis and poetry. “It was absolutely fantastic,” chairman Dr. Bruce Lidkea enthused Monday. “The turnout was far ahead of what […]
More than 200 staff and community volunteers who work with students were in the spotlight–if only in name–at last night’s regular meeting of the Rainy River District School Board as recipients of its “Recognition of Excellence.” “Our system is proud of these silent partners who add to the life of […]
