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The winless trek continued on Saturday for Lakehead University’s women’s basketball team. The Wolves once again fell in straight sets, this time to the Guelph Gryphons, and fell to a disappointing 0-5 in OUA play in 2011-12.

The Thunderwolves are normally known for their defence.

Lindsay Druery had a pre-season high 23 points, but the Lakehead Thunderwolves could not overcome an early deficit, falling Friday night 69-57 to Minot State University.

Seven seems to be the lucky number around the Lakehead University campus these days.

Seven are up for the Lakehead Thunderwolves men’s hockey team. Adam Sergerie netted a pair, his third and fourth of the season, as the Wolves regained a share of top spot in the OUA West, down the Laurier Golden Hawks 3-1 on the road.

The Thunder Bay North Stars goal-scoring woes appear to be behind them.

Rory McConnell is a wide receiver by trade, but on Friday night, the veteran Sir Winston Churchill Trojan showed he knows a thing or two about quarterbacking.

A trip south of the border did little to improve the fortunes Lakehead University’s women’s basketball team.

If there was any doubt the St. Patrick Fighting Saints were going to advance to the junior high school football semifinals, they erased it in a in a seven-minute second quarter span.

Dylan Mascarin let his emotions get the best of him Wednesday night. It changed the face of the hockey game. The Thunder Bay North Stars forward dropped the gloves midway through the third period, eager to take on Dryden Ice Dog forward Josh Reid.