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The No. 6 Thunderwolves men’s basketball team found out what it’s like to be the hunted, Friday night, as the Laurier Golden Hawks sunk their talons into Lakehead, winning 69-59 at Waterloo, Ontario.

It wasn’t pretty, and it sure didn’t look that way, but Joel Scherben will take the two points nonetheless.

Gavin Hoy’s 23-point effort wasn’t quite enough on Thursday as his Hammarskjold Vikings fell two points short in senior boys basketball action. Cody Gibson-Wilke had a dozen points and D.J. Quaresima had 11, pacing the top-ranked St.

Lakehead took two wins from the McMaster Marauders last weekend and on Tuesday the CIS announced that the Thunderwolves also took what was once Mac’s No. 6 spot in the CIS men’s basketball top ten rankings.

Duncan Keith definitely considers himself a product of Northwestern Ontario. The Chicago Blackhawks defenceman and rising star, named to the Canadian men’s Olympic hockey team on Dec.

They say the third time is the charm.

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.