Local Sports

THUNDER BAY – Local racers hit the ice tracks at Mission Bay Sunday. The weekend’s ice race was the second of the season. Below are some photographs of the action.

Members of the Lakehead track team made progress at the Jack Johnson Classic track meet, hosted by the University of Minnesota.

MONT SAINTE-ANNE, Que. -- National Development Centre-Thunder Bay skiers aren’t greedy – honest. But one can excuse them for not wanting to share space atop the podium at Mont Sainte-Anne, Que.

THUNDER BAY – The Lakehead Thunderwolves' playoff hopes are now on life support.

Alex Robichaud joked the way he’d been shooting all night long, if he was the McMaster Marauders coaching staff, he’d have left himself wide open too. It was a big mistake. The fourth-year guard buried a game-winning three-pointer with 5.

Katelyn Andrea's recent surge continued on Saturday night, but it wasn’t enough to pull off the upset.

As the father of a former Olympic skier, Jim Crooks has lived through plenty of highs and lows. Saturday was one of the peaks.

“That was an upset?” Uttering the question on Friday night, coach Manny Furtado meant no disrespect to the McMaster Marauders, the No. 4 team in the nation.

THUNDER BAY – Playoff hopes are bleak at best for the Lakehead Thunderwolves but, for the time being at least, they remain alive.

THUNDER BAY -- Too many turnovers were too much to overcome Friday night for the Lakehead Thunderwolves. Giving the ball away 32 times is costly against any team, let alone the No. 8 team in the nation.