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THUNDER BAY -- Tom Warden says it’s still up in the air where the Lakehead Thunderwolves hockey team will play a chunk of its games should a new event centre be built in Thunder Bay.

There will be plenty of new faces when the Lakehead Thunderwolves kick off non-conference play Friday night against the Mount Royal Cougars.

THUNDER BAY -- Before Saturday it had been 11 years since the revving of a race car engine could be heard on a local track. If the first day of the Thunder Bay Dirt Track Invitational is any indication, it was sorely missed.

THUNDER BAY -- After only one game the St. Ignatius Falcons have established themselves as serious threats to this season’s high school senior football crown. That will happen after a dominating victory against the defending champs.

STONEY CREEK, Ont. -- The first tournament action of the season ended sooner than the Thunder Bay Queens would have liked.

The Thunder Bay Border Cats have turned to their past to guide the team in 2015.

Jeff Bosch thinks a little competition is a good thing. Not that the Lakehead Thunderwolves goaltender is in any danger of losing his spot on the hockey team. But he liked what he saw Monday as training camp opened at Port Arthur Arena.

Winter is coming. It’s about the only thing that can cool off Joe Scharf’s game.

Andrew Scavarelli will have a three-shot cushion heading into Monday’s final round of the 2014 Canadian Tire District Amateur Championship.

Lakehead University’s baseball squad will open up play on the road this season. The team on Sunday announced its 2014 schedule, which will see the Thunderwolves travel south of the border to Rainy River Community College for a Sept.