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After a tough race earlier in the week, Allison Sauder decided to take it easy by mountain biking for 10 hours in support of the Arthritis Society.

A familiar face is returning to the Lakehead Thunderwolves hockey team’s coaching staff. The team on Thursday announced Dan Bissonnette will join coach Bill McDonald’s crew, his third coaching stint with the Wolves.

Lakehead University has a trio of runners at the Canada Summer Games. Travis Roske, running for Saskatchewan, and Connor McGuire, running for Prince Edward Island, have qualified for the 1,500 metre final after races held Monday.

The Lakehead Thunderwolves have added depth to their blue-line. The OUA hockey team on Monday announced former Drummondville Voltigeurs defenceman Andrew Tessier has agreed to join the Wolves.

The Thunder Bay Border Cats were an out away from a weekend sweep to close the 2013 Northwoods League season.

Offence was never the problem for the Thunder Bay Border Cats this summer.

Kelin Ainsworth is coming home. The Thunder Bay forward, who scored two goals in 25 games with Lake Superior State University in 2012-13, is transferring to the Lakehead Thunderwolves.

Patrick Sharp says all it took was a single visit to the George Jeffrey Children’s Centre in 2010 to know he wanted to be closely involved with the organization.

The Thunder Bay Border Cats eight-game losing streak is a thing of the past. The Cats scored a season-high 16 runs Thursday night, led by Dylan Becker’s three-hit, five RBI performance, crushing the visiting Wisconsin Woodchucks 16-3.

Twice the Thunder Bay Selects appeared to have the Cape Breton Cubs on the ropes. Twice the host Selects gloves – and some timely hitting by the Cubs – got in the way of a national championship.