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The clock has struck midnight for the Cinderella Lakehead Thunderwolves volleyball team.

With playoffs looming, the Lakehead Thunderwolves had some past demons to vanquish. They did just that on Saturday, eliminating the team that brought an early end to their campaign last year.

Dwayne Harvey was watching the OUA men’s basketball scoreboard all afternoon.

Ayse Kalkan wanted to go out on a winning note. The fifth-year veteran, playing her final home game for the Lakehead Thunderwolves women’s basketball team, got her wish. But it wasn’t just for personal reasons.

The Western Mustangs are co-operating with Lakehead’s bid to host an OUA men’s playoff game. But the Guelph Gryphons would like nothing better than to play the role of spoiler.

Friday was all about avoiding the Windsor Lancers for long as possible. Knowing a pair of wins against playoff outsider Guelph would secure fifth place in the OUA West, the Lakehead women’s basketball team set out to make it happen.

Mired in the midst of a five-game losing streak, the Lakehead Thunderwolves were in desperate need of a hot start. They got it, but also gave away a four-goal lead to an equally desperate Waterloo Warriors squad.

Five months ago, the idea of a second trip to the Paralympic Games was the furthest thing from Robbi Weldon’s mind. Severely injured in a tandem cycling training session in Matane, Que.

Haley Irwin’s 2014 Olympic debut is on hold. The Thunder Bay hockey star missed her second straight contest on Monday, held out of Team’s Canada’s line-up with what’s being termed an “upper-body injury.

John Friday has run marathons all over the world, but one in his own backyard is the most unique.