Neither of the two St. Francis soccer pitches will be used at the start of this season to give them a chance to replenish themselves after a devastating season a year ago. Community Services manager George Bell said letters were sent to all the users groups asking them to look […]
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The Border Figure Skating Club will perform Disney’s version of “Beauty and the Beast” when it stages its annual ice show this weekend at Memorial Arena. Close to 100 skaters, aged three to 17, will take to the ice for two shows, running between 90 minutes and two hours. The […]
While the deadline for public input into the proposed cuts to fish limits in Northwestern Ontario already has passed, the Northwestern Ontario Tourism Association wanted to add its name to the list of those in favour of the move. “Absolutely because, in the long term, it will be a benefit […]
When Bill Crewson and his Muskie rink headed down to their first OFSAA curling championship in Midland last week, they left with the feeling that “anything” could happen. What almost happened was all-Ontario gold. But in the end, the Muskies had to settle for silver medals at the provincial high […]
Aquanaut swimmers continued to improve their times as they prepare for the Division III team championships later this month in Etobicoke. Eight swimmers made the trip to Atikokan last weekend, with several achieving personal best times in most of their races. “Our swimmers swam great,” assistant coach Karl Gunderson enthused […]
Susie Grynol and John Craig attended the provincial trampoline championships March 27-29 in Ottawa, hosted by the Spring Action Trampoline Club there. Some 160 athletes from all over the province participated by receiving a qualifying provincial score of 30.0 or novice national score of 46.5 at the regional qualifiers. Craig, […]
Bill Crewson’s Muskie rink fell 6-2 to Chinquacousy (Brampton) on Saturday afternoon in the gold-medal game at the all-Ontario curling playdowns in Midland. The Muskies jumped out to a quick start in the first end, scoring a pair with the hammer to grab a 2-0 lead. But then they were […]
Brian White scored his third goal of the game with less than a minute left in overtime to lift tagg’s to a 4-3 victory over the Times Tigers on Sunday afternoon in the ‘A’ final of a Tom Thumb tournament here. White opened the scoring in the first but the […]
Some 48 teams are vying for the top prize this year at the 50th-annual Fort Frances men’s bonspiel, which runs tomorrow through Sunday at the local curling club. Mark Haluptzok of Bemidji, Mn. won last year’s bonspiel with a 10-7 victory over Jim Ballard in the ‘A’ final. Here are […]
Even though Michigan State’s Rustyn Dolyny was edged out of the CCHA’s rookie-of-the-year honours by Notre Dame defenceman Mark Eaton at last week’s awards banquet in Detroit, the former Muskie has his sights set on a much bigger prize. And that has national championship written all over it. “I wasn’t […]
Clint Barton was left wishing they were just an inch closer to the button in an extra end of Saturday’s final at the Canadian police curling championship in St. John’s, Nfld. That inch, which put Barton and his Northern Ontario rink on the short end of a 6-5 decision to […]
In an attempt to rebound from a less-than-spectacular season which saw the Thunder Bay Flyers finish out of the USHL playoffs once again, six players from the Muskies have been invited to a rookie camp in Kenora in August. Chuck Arpin, Ryan Armstrong, Aaron Grynol, Frank Redford, Dale Jerry, and […]
