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Greg Carter is the CIS defensive player of the year for the second straight season.

Ali Blekkenhorst says her high school days just wouldn’t have felt complete without a senior girls volleyball season. The 17-year-old got her wish, albeit in a shortened fashion.

Ryan Thomson has a torn anterior cruciate ligament and is done for the season.

The Lakehead Thunderwolves have avoided the British Columbia curse at nationals. They’ll have to beat the beasts of the east, however, to keep their national title hopes alive.

The Thunder Bay North Stars slide continued unabated Saturday night. The Superior International Junior Hockey League squad dropped a 6-0 decision to the powerhouse Minnesota Wilderness, their ninth straight defeat.

Lakehead’s Dustin Helwig had to settle for silver at the CIS wrestling national championships.

“Book that flight, we’re going to Ottawa.” The words came from Joseph Jones, who played the role of hero for the Lakehead Thunderwolves on Saturday, scoring 23 points to lead his team to a 78-64 rout of the No.

Harry Seaton has cut his skiing schedule drastically. So much so his Lakehead University teammate Andrea Lee jokingly said Saturday she thought he had retired.

Dustin Helwig is Lakehead’s lone hope for gold at the CIS national wrestling championships. But he’ll have to beat a long-time rival to take home the title.

Defensively, the Lakehead Thunderwolves hung tough with the No. 1 Carleton Ravens in the OUA Wilson Cup semifinal. Offensively, their game’s still sitting on the tarmac at the Thunder Bay. In any case, the No.