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In Jamie Searle’s first season with the Lakehead Thundersolves he never imagined he’d be wearing a division championship crown. The men’s basketball team finished 1-21 that season , their only win a one-point triumph over McMaster.

Thunder Bay hasn’t sent anyone to the Brier in eight years.

A four-ender in the fifth put Mike Assad in the driver’s seat.

The Thunder Bay North Stars can still move up in the standings, but they’ll likely have to do it on the road.

Kurt Thorner scored three minutes into overtime, handing the host Waterloo Warriors a 4-3 win over the Lakehead Thunderwolves on Friday. Thomas Cardiff tied the game with under four minutes to go, erasing a 3-2 Lakehead lead.

It was sloppy, but a win’s a win.

Life without Lacey McNulty is going to be a struggle. But it won’t be impossible.

Their coach has a few more grey hairs than he did when the week began. But Bruce Melville’s OK with that.

They don’t come any easier than this. Mike Pozihun used a four-ender in the third to vault himself past Englehart’s Dave MacInnes 7-1 on Thursday night.

The Joe Scharf foursome is no longer perfect at the Northern Ontario provincial men’s curling play-downs.