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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.

Alex Galbraith scored twice, including the winner midway through the third period, leading the Dryden Ice Dogs to a hard-fought 2-1 win over the Thunder Bay North Stars on Friday night.

RMC found it’s rhythm in the fourth quarter Friday night. Unfortunately by that time they were starting up at a sizable 41-point Lakhead lead, too big of a gap to contend with that deep into the game.

The wins just keep rolling along for the Lakehead University women’s basketball team.

The Battle of the Bays wasn’t all it was cracked up to be Friday night.

A seven-goal second period was the difference as the Northern Hawks cruised to their ninth straight victory dumping the Screaming Eagles 10-2 Thursday in Thunder Bay Jr. B/Juvenile/AAA Hockey League play at Delaney Arena.

A local dentist will brave one of the coldest places on Earth for the next week or so. Ashkan Makhtari, 43, originally from Iran, but now living in Thunder Bay, is one of 55 competitors taking part in The Last Desert (Antarctica) 2010.

The Northern Hawks scored four times in the first period and would never trail as they skated past the Nipigon Elks 10-3 Tuesday in Thunder Bay Jr. B/Juvenile/AAA Hockey League action at the Tournament Centre.