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The Windsor Lancers could have not scored a single point in the second half on Saturday night and still walked away with a three-point victory. It was just one of those nights for the Lakehead Thunderwolves women’s basketball team.

Guillaume Piche made 15 saves for his fifth shutout of the season, pacing the Thunder Bay North Stars to a 4-0 win over the visiting Duluth Clydesdales on Friday. It was Piche’s second straight shutout, the last coming nine days ago against Dryden.

The Windsor Lancers were in the zone on Friday night.

Thunder Bay’s Justin Gvora scored a first-period goal and Alex Magera scored the winner, sending the Lakehead Thunderwolves to a second straight loss, a 2-1 defeat Friday at the hands of the host Guelph Gryphons.

Krista McCarville is playoff bound.

Greg Carter could see the game slipping away. But Lakehead’s speedy third-year guard wasn’t about to let it happen. Not on his watch. Not in front of a standing-room-only crowd at the Thunderdome.

Thunder Bay’s Krista McCarville owes thanks to the city’s other two skips at the Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

Nathan Spina’s third goal of the game, with just 16 seconds remaining, was the difference as the Northern Hawks edged the Screaming Eagles 5-4 Thursday in Thunder Bay Jr. B/Juvenile/AAA Hockey League action at Delaney Arena.

Matt Caria scored a pair of goals and Brandon MacLean scored three times and added an assist, leading Canada to a 9-0 rout over Slovenia Thursday to open the World University Games in Erzurum, Turkey.

A late collapse has Thunder Bay’s Krista McCarville in tough at the Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts.