Local Sports

Local disc golf enthusiasts took to the links during brisk and windy conditions as the season nears its conclusion.

The Thunder Bay North Stars erased a 3-0 first-period deficit Friday night to win their Superior International Junior Hockey League season debut.

Three members of the Thunder Bay Chill’s youth reserves program are heading overseas to train with one of the top youth academies in Europe.

Star quarterback Jarred White and the two-time defending senior football champion Churchill Trojans hit a roadblock as they opened the quest for their third straight city crown.

The Lakehead men's basketball team will have a familiar face calling the shots from the bench this year. But it won't be Scott Morrison.

After a 13-year absence, the PGA Tour Canada is bringing professional golf back to the city. Tour officials on Tuesday announced a three-year commitment to the Thunder Bay Golf Classic, which will take place July 14-20 at Whitewater Golf Course.

There will be eight new faces in the Lakehead Thunderwolves hockey line-up this season. Coach Bill McDonald said Monday eight first-year players will join 18 returnees as he finalized the OUA squad’s roster.

Cuba may be a vacation hot spot, but for diver Molly Carlson, her trip to the tropical paradise was all work. The Thunder Bay teenager spent a week in Cuba preparing for the upcoming Junior Pan-American Games in Tucson, Ariz.

The Hammarskjold Vikings aren’t a very big basketball team. But oh can they run. And they’re hungry too, a potentially lethal combination for the rest of the high school varsity girls circuit this fall.

The PGA Tour of Canada is returning to Thunder Bay in 2014. Officials with the Tour are expected to announced details for the event on Tuesday at a news conference slated for Whitewater Golf Course, where the tournament will be held.