The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team sits atop NorWOSSA with a perfect 4-0 record midway through the season after their most recent victory—a 41-28 decision over the Kenora Broncos here last Wednesday.
Head coach Gord McCabe hasn’t been seen smiling this much—at least on the basketball court—for quite some time.
The Muskies senior boys’ volleyball did their most recent “Jekyll & Hyde” impression last Wednesday in a NorWOSSA showdown against visiting Kenora.
Only this time, the good side of the Muskies finished the best-of-five match to earn a 3-2 come-from-behind victory and even their NorWOSSA record at 2-2.
It’s a unit that doesn’t get the attention the offence or defence does. In fact, the only time you notice it is when a glaring mistake is made to give up a big play.
But the Muskies’ 23-0 shutout over the Kenora Broncos here last Thursday was keyed by special teams, turning the game around on a single play late in the first half.
The Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team picked up their first victory of the NorWOSSA season yesterday afternoon, sweeping the best-of-five match with the Dryden Eagles by scores of 25-14, 25-15, and 25-20.
The win avenged a loss to Dryden—in which the Eagles overcame a 2-0 deficit—to open the season here last month.
Despite downing the Hammarskjold Vikings (Thunder Bay) 46-34 in the final game of the first-annual West End Motors Muskie Invitational senior girls’ basketball tournament here last weekend, the black-and-gold had to settle for second place.
Despite going winless in their first three games this season, head coach Rob Tysz said he’s been very pleased with the Muskie ‘C’ team’s progress.
The latest setback was a 14-0 defeat at the hands of Warroad here last Thursday (their second-straight shutout loss) but Tysz said his players continue to improve each game.
With a banged up offensive line and their starting running back lost early in the game, the Muskies offence looked to be in precarious shape last Friday in Dryden.
Enter quarterback Gary Wager.
Wager, protected by a patched-up offensive line, threw the ball consistently all afternoon to lead the Muskies to a dominating 36-9 victory over the host Eagles.
Defensive troubles cost the Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team a 3-1 loss in their best-of-five showdown against the host Kenora Broncos yesterday.
After losing the first game 25-19, the Muskies rebounded to win the next one by that same score.
The local Midget “AA” Canadians hockey team, slated to begin its second season of play this winter, may be on the verge of folding due to a lack of a coach.
Former coach Dave Allison accepted a head coaching job with the Fort Wayne Komets in the United Hockey League nearly two months ago while GM Gus Lindberg has since stepped down from his position.
The Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team, coming off a heart-breaking loss to the Dryden Eagles to open the NorWOSSA season last week, bounced back to reach the final of a weekend tournament here.
