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Normal 0 0 1 313 1410 24 8 2193 11.1280 0 0 0 Krista McCarville is one win away from a clean sweep and a trip to Sault Ste. Marie after Saturday’s 1-2 page playoff game at the Scotties at the Port Arthur Curling Club.

The second time wasn’t so lucky for the Lady Thunderwolves basketball team. A night after handily defeating the visiting McMaster Marauders, the Lakehead women fell a little flat in Saturday’s rematch.

It may be a New Year, but the Lakehead Thunderwolves are continuing with the traditions they started in 2009 – winning traditions that is.

A four-ender in the eighth has propelled Alliston's Jacqueline Harrison into the playoffs at the provincial woman's curling championship at the Port Arthur Curling Club in Thunder Bay. She downed Sarnia's Carrie Lindner 8-2 in nine ends.

It was not the second-half start the Lakehead Thunderwolves were looking for. Yashar Farmanara scored twice on Friday night and added a pair of assists as the Western Mustangs (14-2-0) trounced their traditional hockey rivals 7-2 on home ice.

Krista McCarville is feeling a little under the weather, but it didn’t stop her and her teammates from running the table during round-robin play at the Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

It was a tight one on Thursday in the battle for second place in high school boys basketball. Cody Gibson-Wilke scored 16 points to lead the St. Ignatius Falcons to a 60-52 overtime win over the Superior Collegiate Gryphons.

Eight isn’t quite enough for Krista McCarville, but it is good enough to clinch top spot at the Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

It was really nothing more than a formality, but it was still nice to get it out of the way.

After the sixth draw Wednesday night, Krista McCarville remains undefeated at the 2010 Ontario Scotties. The McCarville rink slid their way to a 7-4 win over Sudbury’s Tracy Horgan in a game McCarville said was in her control.