Local Sports

Karlee Jones won the battle of Thunder Bay on Friday night, and remains the only undefeated team at the Northern Ontario junior women's provincial curling championship.

Thunder Bay's Jordan Potter and Brennan Wark continue to roll along at the Northern Ontario junior men's curling provincials in Atikokan.

Heading into Friday's second-half opener, the Western Mustangs were the only men's team in the OUA West with a losing basketball record. They didn't get any closer to .500 on this night.

The Northern Hawks extended their first place lead in Thunder Bay Junior B Hockey League standings Friday by virtue of an 8-3 triumph over the second place Nipigon Elks in a contest played at Nipigon Arena.

Byron Katapaytuk netted a hat trick Friday night, helping the Fort Frances Lakers destroy the visiting Iron Range Ironheads 12-1. Merritt Rysavy had a goal and three assists for the Lakers, who got singles from eight other goal scroers.

Friday's win over the Waterloo Warriors was all about setting a second-half tone for the Lakehead Thunderwolves.

Lindsay Druery sank 16 points in Friday, leading the Lakehead Thunderwolves to a second-half opening 74-58 win over the visiting Western Mustangs.

Michael Somppi has his eyes on the World Cup circuit, but the Thunder Bay skier had some unfinished business in his own backyard to take care of first.

When Kip Sigsworth first heard talk of an indoor marathon in January, he said he thought organizers were crazy. Two years and a pair of races later, the Lakehead University track and field coach is more than happy to have been proven wrong.

It has been 50 years since the Port Arthur Bearcats passed through the Iron Curtain and into local hockey lore.