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The Jadran Beljo experiment for the Lakehead Thunderwolves is over.

The Thunder Bay Chill will be getting an earlier-than-usual start to their 2012 Premier Development League home season. The soccer team will open the season at home on May 25 against WSA Winnipeg , the start of a two-game series.

The Lakehead Thunderwolves are one loss away from a second-straight first-round ouster from the OUA playoffs.

Thunder Bay Chill coach Tony Colistro has some holes to fill. Colistro on Wednesday confirmed several pieces of the soccer team’s championship-run puzzle won’t be back in the Lakehead in 2012.

Five, games, five nights? No problem for the Thunder Bay North Stars.

The high school senior girls volleyball playoffs started Monday night and it was the end of the line for a pair of teams. Churchill rolled past St.

Brandon Wolframe, Kyle Lapenskie and Michael Orosey each scored twice Monday night, powering the Thunder Bay North Stars to fourth straight road win.

The Brennan Wark foursome just didn't have enough gas to knock off the week's No. 1 team in the final at the Canadian Men's Junior Curling Championship.

The road hasn't been the friendliest place this season for the Thunder Bay North Stars, but they've caught fire away from home of late.

Thunder Bay's Andrea Lee struck gold on Sunday. The National Development Centre skier captured top spot at the Haywood NorAm Canada Cup in Orford, Que., fighting through cold and win to hit the podium.