Local Sports

If the Fort Frances Lakers want to make a charge at first place in the SIJHL standings, they need to start winning when they take on the Wisconsin Wilderness. That didn't happen Saturday night.

You win some and you lose some. It's just the losses aren't supposed to come at the hands of teams like the cellar-dwelling Ontario Tech Ridgebacks.

It's off to the championship final for the Thunder Bay Winning Streak Charters Bantam AA Queens. On Saturday the Queens outshot Elk River 40-1 through two periods, but were tied 1-1 heading into the third.

Venzal Russell had a chance to send the game to overtime, but a buzzer-beating three-pointed bounced off the rim, leaving the Lakehead Thunderwolves to settle for a weekend split against the host Laurier Golden Hawks. The No.

Carolyn Fragale had 16 points, including a pair of crucial free throws down the stretch, helping the Lakehead Thunderwolves scratch out a weekend split against the Laurier Golden Hawks.

Whitney Scott and Kayla Koevoet scored a pair apiece on Friday as the Winning Streak Charters Bantam AA Queens opened the St. Luke's Icebreaker tournament in Duluth with a 53 win over Cottage Grove. Lydia Johnson also scored for the Queens.

If the Lakehead Thunderwolves women's basketball team wants to make the postseason, they'll have to play a heck of a lot better than they did on Friday night.

The LU Thunderwolves knew the No. 7 Laurier Golden Hawks were going to give them their stiffest test since a first-half loss to Carleton.

Dylan Mascarin was all that and a little more last season with the Thunder Bay Kings.

For a night, at least, you can call them the first place Lakehead Thunderwolves.