Local Sports

The comeback is complete and the Fort Frances Lakers are Superior International Junior Hockey League champions.

Ryan McDonald is the top local runner to cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon. McDonald completed the prestigious race in 2:58:01, the 1916th runner to finish the race.

Dustin Wilson is determined to create a new experience in Thunder Bay. Wilson is the general manager of Aerosports Parks, and is behind the Thunder Bay Sports Dome renovations that will turn the facility into the city's first trampoline park.

Since 2005, the PGA Tour has doubled its charitable donations, a total that’s reached $2 billion in 2014. The PGA Tour Canada and the Staal Foundation Open, the tour’s Thunder Bay stop, hope to carry on that legacy locally.

There will be local flavor on the Border Cats roster this summer. Outfielder Carter McEachern, in the midst of an outstanding sophomore season at San Antonio’s Trinity University, has agreed to return to the Cats after a 10-game stint in 2013.

Susan McDonald has unfinished business in Boston. A year ago she was mere minutes away from the finish line of the Boston Marathon when homemade bombs went off in Copley Square.

Brock Curtis is out as coach of Lakehead University’s wrestling team. The school announced Monday they’ve parted ways with Curtis, who served as coach of the team for the past five seasons.

The Thunder Bay Queens fell short of the podium at their provincial championships.

The Thunder Bay Queens have come up short in their quest for midget AA provincial gold.

Spring is starting to bloom and for a group of athletes that means it’s time to put the skates away and grab a lacrosse stick.