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On the bright side, the Lakehead Thunderwolves scored the second-most points of any team this season against the Windsor Lancers. On the downside, the Wolves also allowed the No.

Al Hackner’s foursome continues to roll on in Nipigon.

The Lakehead Thunderwolves are red hot. Winners of five straight, more important the women’s volleyball team has finally clinched that ever elusive playoff spot, a rarity for a team that regularly pulls up the cellar-dwelling chair in the OUA.

The Northern Ontario provincial men’s curling championship is starting to take shape, and all four Thunder Bay rinks are still in the hunt. While every team is still play catch-up with Sault Ste.

Al Hackner may be 28 years removed from his most recent world championship win, but he’s still a force to be reckoned with in curling circles.

Draw 3 is in the books in Nipigon and four-time defending champion Brad Jacob continued his winning ways. The Sault Ste.

They’re back in the top 10, but for the Lakehead Thunderwolves, that’s the least of their concerns.

Four-time defending champion Brad Jacobs is off to another great start at the Northern Ontario men’s provincial curling championship in Nipigon. The Sault Ste. Marie skip and teammates Ryan Harnden, E.J.

Neither of Northern Ontario’s entries at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships is moving on to play for a national title.

Jon Kreiner’s team has a tough road ahead to the playoffs. Faced with the unenviable task this weekend of hosting the No.