Local Sports

A quarter of a century later, amateur curlers are still trying to recreate "The Shot." In the 10th end of the 1985 Brier in Moncton, facing a pair of Pat Ryan stones, one all-but-buried behind cover, Northern Ontario skip Al Hackner needed a miracle.

Four years ago Dan Speer and Shandor Alphonso were wide-eyed rookies, along for the ride as the Lakehead Thunderwolves came within a goal of a national championship.

For 40 minutes on Saturday night, the Lakehead Thunderwolves men’s basketball team was cheering for Carleton.

A local strongman saw a lack of strength competitions in the area as a sign to do something about it. Ben Thompson, 20, organized the event with friends from the health services program at Confederation College.

A slow start was too much to overcome Saturday night, as the Lakehead Thunderwolves were handily defeated 87-66 by the Windsor Lancers in the OUA West Division finals at the St. Denis Centre in Windsor.

The Lakehead Thunderwolves have earned their way into the Cavendish University Cup.

Gymnasts focused on power, precision and passion while performing at the provincial qualifier and the invitation competition.

Last year Andre Watt signed up for the Sleeping Giant Loppet on the morning of the race, and then went out and finished ahead of the pack.

There’s no question Trevor Gamache is a great junior A player. Gamache won the Superior International Junior Hockey League scoring title this season with 80 points, the second time he turned the trick in as many years.

Just Doo it. That seems to be the slogan du jour at Fort William Gardens, where goaltender Alex Dupuis has taken the crowd by storm since replacing Kyle Moir in the Lakehead Thunderwolves net in the opening round of the OUA men’s hockey playoffs.