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He's looking forward to the future after having his season end so abruptly, but Noah Loveday still is thankful for everything he has experienced.

Getting that experience at a provincial championship is huge for the development of a young athlete and the Muskie senior girls' volleyball team was able to see firsthand the level of effort needed to succeed on the all-Ontarios stage.

For the first time in history, Fort Frances will host the OFSAA 'A/AA' girls' hockey championships in 2022.

Chris Sinclair, who curently is the head coach of the Muskie boys' team, put together a bid for Fort Frances to host when he coached the girls' squad back in 2018-19, and it was accepted earlier this school year.

As directed by Hockey Canada and the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL), the Fort Frances Lakers announce the remainder of the 2020 hockey season has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Very few sports have been safe from the repercussions of the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic and NCAA diving was no different.

All they can do is move on and look forward to the future.

Such is the mindset for members of the Fort Frances Lakers' organization in the aftermath of news coming down Friday that the remainder of the 2019-20 CJHL/SIJHL season had been officially cancelled due to the ongoing global COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.

They put the hard work in all year but unfortunately weren't able to end their seasons on their own terms.

Devlin youth baseball now is accepting registrations for the upcoming season.

The league, which runs for kids aged four-15, is planning to start on May 4 (weather permitting) but is limited to the first 20 players per division.

The cost is set at $30 per player and everybody is guaranteed two games each week.

THUNDER BAY, Ont.— The SIJHL announced yesterday that Ryan Howe of the Red Lake Miners has been named its Rookie of the Year for the 2019-20 season, in voting completed by each of its member clubs.

Howe earned league the laurels over fellow nominees, Nikolas Campbell of the Thunder Bay North Stars and Amraj Gill of the Dryden GM Ice Dogs.

THUNDER BAY, Ont.–The SIJHL announced today that Fort Frances Lakers' captain Noah Loveday has been named its Most Improved Player for the 2019-20 season.

The 20-year-old Fort Frances native earned the award over fellow nominees Xavier Halterman of the Dryden GM Ice Dogs and Nick Harder of the Thief River Falls Norskies, in voting completed by each of the SIJHL’s member clubs.