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THUNDER BAY -- The public school winter sports seasons has come to an abrupt end.

THUNDER BAY -- Thomas Frazee believes he’s being made a scapegoat.

Thomas Frazee may be seventh in the OUA in scoring, but it didn’t stop the Lakehead Thunderwolves from kicking their star forward off the team. Athletic director Tom Warden said it was a move that simply had to be made.

National Development Centre-Thunder Bay skiers Erin Tribe and Andy Shields have punched their ticket to the World Cups. Tribe took eighth place Tuesday in the qualifying round and finished 13th overall in the freestyle sprint to quality.

THUNDER BAY -- Robbi Weldon is going to stick to being a two-sport star.

THUNDER BAY -- Kip Sigsworth knew his latest protégé was good. But the Lakehead University coach had no idea just how good Dylan Brown could be. At 19, the Newmarket, Ont.

Mathias Gardiman scored a pair of second-period goals to help the Thunder Bay North Stars establish a 3-0 lead over the Dryden Ice Dogs on Saturday night.

Jon Kreiner is looking at the bright side of an OUA women’s basketball season that looked like it might go awry. On Saturday night his troops sent him home for the holidays in a happy mood, though it took them most of the game to do it.

Now these are the Lakehead Thunderwolves we were promised in the preseason and came to expect after three straight trips to nationals.

The Laurentian Voyageurs proved to be just the cure the Lakehead Thunderwolves needed to end a four-game losing streak.