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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.

According to the Globe and Mail and CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada , Thunder Bay’s Marc Staal is set to make his 2011-12 debut at Monday’s Winter Classic Game in Philadelphia.

It was a bit of an oddity in Thunder Bay in 2011, with the Stanley Cup coming nowhere near the city, after Jordan Staal and Patrick Sharp won the prestigious trophy in 2009 and 2010.

Ryan Thomson and Ben Johnson led the way with 15 points each on Friday night, cementing an undefeated appearance at the University of Quebec a Montreal's holiday basketball classic.

All that was missing was the Unknown Comic.

A furious fourth-quarter comeback Thursday night paved the way for yet another non-conference win for the Lakehead Thunderwolves men's basketball squad.

The Northern Hawks closed out the 2011 portion of the Thunder Bay Junior B Hockey League schedule on a winning note Thursday evening, as they dumped the Nipigon Elks 8-2 at Nipigon Arena.

Brandon MacLean beat Alex Dupuis in overtime, giving the Carleton Ravens a 4-3 non-conference win over the host Lakeehead Thunderwolves on Wednesday night.