Lakehead’s women’s basketball team opens official league play at home this weekend against the Algoma Thunderbirds. “We are very excited to open up our season at the Thunderdome in front of our amazing fans here in Thunder Bay,” head coach Jon Kreiner says. The games mark the return of a familiar opponent,…
The Lakehead Women’s Basketball team is heading on a long road trip to compete in the BOB FM Tournament from Oct. 5-7 and then heading to Regina to play another tournament from Oct. 10-12. “This is a very big trip for our women’s basketball team as we continue to work towards getting…
The Reach Up! Northern Community Sports and Leadership Program had another great weekend spending time with youth in Sioux Lookout, Pelican Falls and Lac Seul First Nation communities on May 3-6th. Reach Up! is a collaborative initiative between Lakehead University Athletics and Wasaya Airways to provide on-site instruction in sport-specific coaching and…
May 15, 2018 — Thunder Bay, ON Lakehead Athletics Director Tom Warden is pleased to announce an exciting new head-coaching era as Ryan Thomson and Andrew Wilkins both accept head coaching positions with Lakehead University. Coach Thomson became the interim head coach of the men’s basketball team in December and has done great things…
Lakehead Athletics celebrated the 2017/2018 season this afternoon by handing out their awards at the Annual Awards Gala held in the John N. Paterson Faculty of Law Auditorium at PACI. Leashja Grant (Women’s Basketball) earned the Female Athlete of the Year and Wrestling’s Marco Palermo walked away with the Male Athlete of…
Lakehead University Thunderwolves Men’s Hockey team’s Bill McDonald has announced his retirement as head coach. A native of Thunder Bay, Bill ‘Macker’ McDonald began his coaching career with the Thunder Bay Twins in 1986. From 1991 to 1995, he led the Thunder Bay Thunder Hawks and Senators to three Colonial/United League championships in four years. “As…
