The Red Lake Miners got three points apiece from Spencer Milne and Jordan Baranesky as they rolled to a 7-2 romp over the Fort Frances Lakers last night in SIJHL action at the Cochenour Arena.
The Lakers saw their record fall to 18-27-3-2 with the loss and have now dropped four straight.
For a second straight year the Muskie senior girls' volleyball team has booked their ticket to the OFSAA 'AA' championship after completing a sweep of the Westgate Tigers in the best-of-three NWOSSAA championship on Friday in Thunder Bay.
The Muskies won both games 2-0 to earn their berth to the all-Ontarios slated for March 9-11 in Kingsville.
The Fort Frances Lakers will be looking to erase a miserable weekend from their memories as quick as possible.
The Lakers followed up a 3-0 shutout loss on home ice to the Thief River Falls Norskies on Friday night with their worst outing of the season in a 10-1 shellacking at the hands of the expansion Wisconsin Lumberjacks the following night at the Spooner Civic Center.
The Muskie girls' and boys' hockey teams were able to draw first blood in their respective best-of-three NorWOSSA semifinal series on Tuesday night.
Tatum Glowasky scored with 42.3 seconds remaining in overtime to lift the Muskie girls to a comeback 3-2 win over the Sioux Lookout Warriors in the opener at the Ice For Kids Arena.
It seemed for the most part of three periods that the Dryden GM Ice Dogs were going to cruise to another win over their SIJHL rival Fort Frances Lakers as the hosts couldn't find the back of the net.
Tyler Malpass had other plans.
If they were feeling any nerves, they certainly didn't let it show in how they played.
The Rainy River Owls' junior girls' volleyball team capped an undefeated year in NorWOSSA 'A' play by snaring gold in the championship game with a 2-0 win over the Pelican Falls Timberwolves last Thursday morning in Atikokan.
It was a banner day for the Muskie basketball teams on Monday at Fort High.
Both the senior and junior boys' teams came away with big-time performances to snag the championship trophies in their respective finals.
THUNDER BAY, Ont.—The SIJHL announced last Thursday its format and timeline for the upcoming Bill Salonen Cup playoffs.
The first round of the SIJHL post-season will feature a pair of best-of-five quarterfinal series, which are slated to run between March 17-24.
The Muskie senior girls' volleyball team is getting used to what it means to be the cream of the crop.
The top-ranked Muskies used a complete team effort to claim a 3-0 win over the second-place Dryden Eagles in the NorWOSSA final on Monday afternoon at Fort High.
Going up against the best in the province can be nerve wracking for any athlete.
But the four members of the Muskie Nordic skiing team remained calm and put in great performances at the OFSAA championships held in Huntsville last Wednesday and Thursday as call came away with a top-40 finish in their respective divisions.
