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Mother Nature must really want to see the Sleeping Giant Loppet stay home. Around Feb.

Dave Paddington says maintaining a backyard rink is a full-time job. Luckily he’s got some help, in the form of nine-year-old daughter Alexis, seven-year-old son Elliott and three-year-old son Ben.

Kristin Nash left the sidelines and took up her position behind the wheel of a car at Autosports Club's ice-racing competition. The sport caught the eye of the 27-year after witnessing just a few races from afar.

The Thunder Bay North Stars better get used to playing away from home. Their season-ending seven-game road trip did not get off to a good start Saturday.

The university basketball career of Carolyn Fragale has come to an abrupt close.

There was no upset to be had by Lakehead in their first trip to the OUA women’s playoff since 2006. The Thunderwolves were handily swept on Saturday by the fourth-ranked York Lions, ending their hopes of a post-season run in a hurry.

Scott Morrison knows a meaningless game when he sees it. The Lakehead Thunderwolves men’s basketball coach rested his starters for much of Saturday night’s OUA finale and not surprisingly settled for a weekend split after a 92-82 loss.

Ryan Thomson came through in the clutch. The fourth-year forward nailed a jump shot with eight seconds left in regulation, then Ben Johnson buried a pair of free throws with four seconds to go, lifting the No.

It’s not do-or-die yet, but a win would certainly help the Lakehead Thunderwolves cause.

It wasn’t Alex Dupuis’ night. Unfortunately for the Lakehead Thunderwolves, their goaltender picked a pretty bad time to start slumping.