Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Members of the 807 Selects Volleyball Club along with some recruits from Thunder Bay Superior North Volleyball Club played in the Ontario Native Volleyball Invitational last weekend in Thunder Bay. The tournament was slated to be a 19 and under (19U) event but the 16 and under (16U) Selects team […]
From left Zander Hutton, Ben Huziak, Jackson Marchant, Adam L’Hirondelle, and Rowan Donaldson make up the Muskie Boys Curling team. With a tie-breaker win against Beaver Brae Secondary School, the Muskies won the NWOSSA championship and qualified for a place in the OFSAA championships in North Bay March 22-25.
Grayson Burnell scored two goals with a third from Ashton Veldhuisen in the NorWOSSA finals against the Beaver Brae Broncos, enabling the Fort Frances High Muskie boys to book their trip to St. Catharine’s, where they will compete with the best AA high school hockey teams for the OFSAA championship […]
Muskie defenceman, Jackson Tucker provided the offensive jump last night, scoring a hat trick as the Muskies took the first game of the NORWOSSA AA Hockey finals 4-0 against the Beaver Brae Broncos from Kenora. Callum McCormick tallied the second goal and Karson Loughrey shut the door in net pitching […]
The volleyball season for both Rainy River and Fort Frances high schools this season was phenomenal, with both schools excelling at the sport. OWLS SR GIRLS Rainy River senior girls division A (the division depends on the enrolment in the school) won the NorWOSSA. Speaking with Georgia Kreger, she shared […]
The Muskie curling teams emerged from NorWOSSA last week with some serious hardware. Both the boys and girls team won gold, while the mixed team brought home silver. NWOSSA play will take place at the Fort Frances Curling Club, beginning this Sunday.
Above, Lakers forwards Brady Krentz (Left) and Trevor Sanderson pose with their billets Sandy and Josie Tibbs. The many players’ parents were in the stands as the Lakers honoured parents and billets last weekend. Dylan Wedward, top right, scored the first and last goals for the Lakers as they beat […]
The Muskie Boys Junior and Senior basketball teams have reached the end of their season, earning silver at NorWOSSA in Dryden last weekend. The junior Muskie boys, above, beat Dryden easily in their semi-final basketball match on Friday morning but injuries from that game and earlier in the season made […]
From January 27-29 the Fort Frances Cyclones Swim Club attended the Northwestern Ontario Long Course Championships. While the team saw great podium finishes, head coach Debbie Murray says they don’t always gauge success by podium performances. “For our swim club what’s important and what’s always emphasized is personal goals,” Murray […]
Borderland Judo club members that attended the Inner City tournament in Winnipeg on February 4, bringing home several medals. Back row L to R: Jax Barron, Travis Wood, Logan Sutton-Byzewski, Paxten Hughes, Grayson Wright, Khloe Laur, Mitchell LeBlanc, Morgan Good-Thurber. Front Row: Gord Witherspoon, Francis Logue, Liam Wood, Sawyer Lance, […]
Last Wednesday the Fort Frances High School Muskies cross-country ski team hosted NORWOSSA qualifiers for NWOSSA. Ilka Milne is the coach of the Muskies cross-country ski team. She says after not competing last year, the members who have stuck through this season are all new to the sport. “We have […]
