Local Sports

The head of a local curling club hopes Northern Ontario’s Brier win will get more youth on the ice. Sault Ste. Marie’s Brad Jacobs won the Brier for Northern Ontario Sunday for the first time in almost 30 years.

The Lakehead Thunderwolves, who surprised the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds to reach the CIS men’s basketball championship final, were no match for No. 1. Not even close.

Joseph Jones has been a sixth man all his life. But on Saturday he was the go-to-guy that got it done for the Lakehead Thunderwolves.

The first-round curse is over.

Nationals have not treated Ben Johnson too well in the past. A shooter who likes to keep the opposition honest with his long-distance ways, the Pictou, N.S.

Randi Tocher thinks sports are a fun way to meet other people.

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.