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The hockey program that helped turn the Staal and Pyatt brothers into the stars they are today is shutting down its major midget team.

Rick Simpson thinks Thunder Bay still feels the need for speed. In fact, he’s banking on it.

Two-time national junior gold medalist Molly Carlson took on the world on Monday and came away with an impressive eighth-place finish.

THUNDER BAY -- If one preseason tryout is any indication, the Thunder Bay North Stars will not be afraid to embrace the physical element of the game this upcoming campaign. Kris Kellaway learned that lesson the hard way on Saturday morning.

Bill McDonald says his Lakehead Thunderwolves kind of caught the OUA by surprise last year. He knows it’s not likely to happen again.

Manny Furtado said he accepted an assistant coaching job with the Carleton Ravens with an eye on one day assuming the reins of a university basketball squad of his own. On Friday that chance came.

The Scott Morrison era is over at Lakehead University.

Sage Laliberte says she supports any program that gets Aboriginal youth – or any youth, for that matter – active. She’s spent the summer doing just that.

THUNDER BAY -- Molly Carlson is peaking at precisely the right time.

Molly Carlson was a double gold-medal winner at this past weekend’s 2014 Speedo Junior Elite Nationals diving competition in Victoria. The Thunder Bay native captured top spot in both the one-metre and three-metre events.