Local Sports

It’s off to the OFSAA quarterfinals for the St. Ignatius senior girls basketball team.

Dezi LeGallais had four points, including a second period natural hat-trick, to help lead the Jr. B Stars to an 8-3 victory over the Screaming Eagles in a penalty-filled Thunder Bay Jr.

The Thunder Bay North Stars scored one more goal than the Fort Frances Lakers did in the first. The rest of the way it was even-Steven.

The Westgate Tigers have lost their bid to bring the Northern Bowl back to Thunder Bay.

Speak loudly and carry a mini stick. OK, that’s not quite how the old saying goes, but on Dec.

It’s taken them to the final week of the first half, but the Lakehead Thunderwolves are back in the CIS weekly top 10 rankings.

Home-mat advantage might not seem like much to the untrained eye, but for Lakehead University wrestlers it could mean the difference in their national championship aspirations.

Travis Tilley scored what looked like an insurance goal with less than four minutes to go Saturday night.

They knew it wasn’t going to be as easy as the 10-1 drubbing they laid on the Nipissing Lakers on the night before.

Down nine points entering the fourth and final quarter, the Lakehead women’s basketball team found a way to get it done on Saturday night, eking out a 64-62 win over the visiting Queen’s Golden Gaels.