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James Kline tallied twice to help lead the host Wisconsin Wilderness past the Sioux Lookout Flyers 6-2 Friday evening in game three of the Superior International Junior Hockey League Showcase at the Northwest Sports Complex in Spooner, Wis.

Not that it was anything but inevitable, but the Hammarskjold Vikings are heading back to the senior high school football playoffs.

Brodie Biasiol’s goal with just three seconds remaining lifted the Nipigon Elks past the Screaming Eagles 4-3 in Thunder Bay Jr. B/Juvenile/AAA Hockey League action Friday evening at the Nipigon Community Centre.

The Lakehead Thunderwolves women’s volleyball team won just three time in 19 games a season ago. But for at least a week the young squad tops the OUA East Division standings.

Call it a lesson learned for the Lakehead Thunderwolves men’s hockey team. But coach Joel Scherban isn’t quite ready to give his squad a passing grade just yet, despite a relatively easy 5-1 win Friday night over the visiting Guelph Gryphons.

The Thunder Bay Queens are hitting the tournament trail this weekend. The midget AA squad is off to Blaine, Minn.

The Churchill Trojans didn’t take any prisoners on Thursday, trouncing the St. Patrick Saints 39-0 in junior boys high school football. Halfback Justin Fui led a powerful ground attack, rushing for 91 yards and a score.

The Nipigon Elks rallied from an early two-goal deficit to defeat the Jr. B Stars 3-2 Thursday evening in Thunder Bay Jr. B/Juvenile/AAA Hockey League action at the Tournament Centre.

With the Olympics on his mind, Michael Somppi has a lot to prove this season, a pivotal one for the 22-year-old Thunder Bay native.

There weren’t too many balls OF Tanner Nivins couldn’t track down in the Border Cats outfield, and his prowess with the leather didn’t go unnoticed. The Kitchener native, who finished the 2010 season with a.