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The Western Mustangs took a huge step Friday to secure top spot in the OUA West. And their hero was just who it ought to be.

The Lakehead Thunderwolves ran into a hot-shooting McMaster Marauders squad on Friday night and paid the price.

Consider what eight points, timely scored, could have meant to the Lakehead Thunderwolves men’s basketball team. Split evenly against Carleton and last Saturday’s loss to Laurier and the Wolves could be 12-0 and the No.

A pair of Thunder Bay Chill players will be strutting their stuff next weekend in search of a professional soccer contract.

Mitch Fillman may not have played the Western Mustangs yet, but he knew long before he arrived in Thunder Bay there would likely be no more important regular season series for the Lakehead Thunderwolves.

The St. Patrick Fighting Saints are having a rough season of senior boys basketball. The Hammarskjold Vikings definitely weren't the cure.

A weekend split appears to have helped, not hurt the Lakehead Thunderwolves men’s basketball team in the weekly CIS rankings.

The St. Ignatius Falcons left no doubt on Monday who was the better curling team. The Falcons hammered the Hammarskjold Vikings 15-0 in one of two senior high school boys matches, improving to 2-0. The Vikings fell to 0-2-1 with the loss.

A wrap-up of game action in the Thunder Bay Junior B Hockey League over the weekend saw the Jr. B Stars and Northern Hawks post victories.

It was a promising start for a team desperately seeking their first win of the season.