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The Lakehead Thunderwolves are rapidly playing themselves out of the playoffs. In fact, after dropping an 82-58 decision Friday night to the host Guelph Gryphons, the Wolves are on the outside looking in.

Swimmer Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian of all-time last summer.

Cold weather has forced organizers to push back the Kamview Tour cross country races by a week. Organizer Marianne Stewart on Thursday said the mass start event will start at 10 a.m. on Feb. 9.

Al Hackner is headed back to the Northern Ontario provincial playdowns.

Max Allin is one of the best university basketball players in Canada. The second-leading scorer in Canadian Interuniversity Sport, Allin can be a game-changer if his opponents take him too lightly.

Another miraculous comeback just wasn’t in the cards for Thunder Bay’s Krista McCarville foursome.

The Windsor Lancers stopped the Lakehead Thunderwolves dead in their tracks on Saturday night. The hockey Lancers got goals from six different skaters and cruised to a 6-3 home-ice win that ended Lakehead’s modest four-game winning streak.

Their playoff hopes are not dead by any means. But the Lakehead Thunderwolves women's basketball team did itself no favours Saturday night, falling 65-55 to an equally hungry Wilfred Laurier Golden Hawks squad.

Win and they’re in. The Lakehead women’s volleyball team took care of business on Saturday afternoon, downing the host Brock Badgers 3-1. A repeat performance on Sunday and they’ll clinch their first playoff berth since 2006.

Slow starts have plagued the Lakehead Thunderwolves all season long. The trend struck again on Friday night.