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A four-ender in the fifth put Mike Assad in the driver’s seat.

The Thunder Bay North Stars can still move up in the standings, but they’ll likely have to do it on the road.

Kurt Thorner scored three minutes into overtime, handing the host Waterloo Warriors a 4-3 win over the Lakehead Thunderwolves on Friday. Thomas Cardiff tied the game with under four minutes to go, erasing a 3-2 Lakehead lead.

It was sloppy, but a win’s a win.

Life without Lacey McNulty is going to be a struggle. But it won’t be impossible.

Their coach has a few more grey hairs than he did when the week began. But Bruce Melville’s OK with that.

They don’t come any easier than this. Mike Pozihun used a four-ender in the third to vault himself past Englehart’s Dave MacInnes 7-1 on Thursday night.

The Joe Scharf foursome is no longer perfect at the Northern Ontario provincial men’s curling play-downs.

Jeff Currie’s got a tough task ahead of him if he wants his curling week to last beyond Friday.

On Wednesday night Joe Scharf stands alone. Looking for a return trip to the Brier for the first time in 10 years, Scharf scored a 5-3 win over defending champion Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste.