It was the members of the Muskie badminton teams who had local club experience that advanced to the NorWOSSA finals set for April 28 in Sioux Lookout.
Seven different Muskies finished within the top two in their divisions at a qualifier tournament last Thursday in Dryden.
Muskie boys' forward Kendyn Faragher, above, was presented with the Rod Cain Memorial Award by assistant coach Ken (“Keno”) Christiansen during the team's annual awards banquet held Monday night at the Copper River Inn. The award recognizes the Muskie hockey player who contributes most to the development of good sportsmanship, morale, and teamwork.
It was a tough season for the Fort Frances Lakers—and made even harder with a tough series loss to the Dryden GM Ice Dogs in the SIJHL semi-finals.
The Lakers finished in fifth place during the regular season with a 15-32-3-6 record but put in a solid effort by taking down the fourth-place English River Miners 3-1 in the best-of-five quarter-finals.
Fort Frances Lakers' emergency replacement goalie Brendan Mallon looked to swallow up a puck quickly with his glove during the second period of his squad's 6-3 victory over the Dryden GM Ice Dogs in Game 4 of their best-of-seven semi-final series Thursday night at the Ice For Kids Arena here. Mallon finished with 43 saves to earn the win.
The Dryden GM Ice Dogs will defend their SIJHL title from a year ago.
Malcolm Huemmert and Jacen Bracko each notched a pair of goals to pace the Ice Dogs to a 10-2 romp over the visiting Fort Frances Lakers in Game 5 of their best-of-seven semi-final series yesterday afternoon.
The group of Peyton Jourdain, Whitney Williamson, Alyce LeBrasseur, Lyla Moen, Elianna Jacobsen, Rachel Ste. Croix, and Dominique Lemaire performed to the theme of “The Suits" TV show yesterday afternoon during the Border Skating Club's annual ice show at the Ice For Kids Arena.
Jacen Bracko recorded a hat trick to pace the Dryden GM Ice Dogs to a 7-2 romp over the Fort Frances Lakers in Game 3 of their best-of-seven semi-final series Tuesday night at the Ice For Kids Arena.
With the Ice Dogs holding a commanding 3-0 series lead, the Lakers face a must-win situation heading Game 4 here tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Fort Frances Lakers' captain Julian Uhryniuk looked to make a play from the end boards during his squad's 7-2 loss to the Dryden GM Ice Dogs in Game 3 of their best-of-seven semi-final playoff series Tuesday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. The Lakers now trail 3-0 heading into tonight's must-win Game 4 here at 7:30 p.m.
Josh Mastin of Team USA went up to put one home during his squad's 101-75 romp over Team Canada during the Fort Frances Men's Basketball League's inaugural all-star game last Tuesday night at the Fort High gym. Mastin scored 37 points to help pace his squad's offence.
The track-and-field season is right around the corner and the Muskies are well underway in their preparation for it.
Coach John Dutton said everything is going well with his squad so far, noting they've been practising since mid-January.
“So for about two months we have been focusing on fitness, speed, and strength,” he remarked.
