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Thunder Bay curlers hold their own at the Northern Ontario provincial men’s play-downs in Schumacher. Brian Adams Jr.

Brian Adams Jr. is making the most of Brad Jacobs’ absence from the Northern Ontario men’s provincial curling playdowns. The Thunder Bay skip on Thursday improved to 3-0 at the Schumacher, Ont.

Bill McDonald says if you told him before the start of the season he’d still be in the hunt for first place with four games to go in the OUA season, he’d have been a happy hockey coach.

Jylisa Williams and the Lakehead Thunderwolves have the OUA basketball playoffs in their sights, but they’re not quite there just yet.

This is not the time for the Lakehead Thunderwolves hockey team to hit a slump. Yet Lakehead has now dropped six of their past eight contests as the playoffs loom closer on the horizon.

Katie Ulakovic said the chance to take over fourth place in the OUA West was in the back of the Thunderwolves minds Saturday night. It still doesn’t excuse Lakehead’s slow start, the third-year guard said.

Lakehead’s night can be summed up in a 40-second span. Still within reach of the No. 6 McMaster Marauders as halftime approached, the Thunderwolves fell apart in the final 40 seconds of the second quarter Saturday night.

One point is better than none. That lone point in the standings is the silver lining for the Lakehead Thunderwolves hockey team after a largely uninspired performance.

The Fort Frances Lakers got back on the winning track Friday night at the expense of the visiting Thunder Bay North Stars.

The Churchill Trojans laid waste to the Superior Collegiate Gryphons on Friday. Mohammed Syed knocked down 34 points and Jordan Kelly added 25, leading the Trojans to a 122-48 laugher in boys varsity basketball play. Elswhere St.