Local Sports

History didn’t repeat itself on Saturday night.

The Lakehead Thunderwolves men’s basketball team is headed to the national championships for the first time in 33 years.

The Thunder Bay Twins opened Hockey Northwestern Ontario's senior branch championship on Friday with a 5-5 tie against the Fort Frances Thunder Hawks. No scoring summary is available.

Rugby will soon become an official Olympic sport, and to celebrate elementary school students from across the city swapped their books Wednesday for an oval-shaped ball.

They’re not playing for the money, and their dreams of a career in the game have all but disappeared.

A quarter of a century later, amateur curlers are still trying to recreate "The Shot." In the 10th end of the 1985 Brier in Moncton, facing a pair of Pat Ryan stones, one all-but-buried behind cover, Northern Ontario skip Al Hackner needed a miracle.

Four years ago Dan Speer and Shandor Alphonso were wide-eyed rookies, along for the ride as the Lakehead Thunderwolves came within a goal of a national championship.

For 40 minutes on Saturday night, the Lakehead Thunderwolves men’s basketball team was cheering for Carleton.

A local strongman saw a lack of strength competitions in the area as a sign to do something about it. Ben Thompson, 20, organized the event with friends from the health services program at Confederation College.

A slow start was too much to overcome Saturday night, as the Lakehead Thunderwolves were handily defeated 87-66 by the Windsor Lancers in the OUA West Division finals at the St. Denis Centre in Windsor.