As Health Canada and our communities’ respective Health Units continue to advise the public to exercise social distancing in order to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 between people, effective Tuesday, March 17, and until further notice, Lakehead Thunder Bay’s Athletics facilities, programs and services will be closed to all varsity, public, recreational, and club activities. Closed facilities…
Lakehead sprinters Amy Stieh and Niko Dowhos represented the Thunderwolves at the Track and Field U SPORTS Championships this past weekend in Edmonton, AB. “Fantastic results this weekend. For Niko and Amy to make finals at the National Championships in their first year is great,” said head coach Kip Sigsworth. “I look…
The Lakehead Thunderwolves women’s volleyball team is excited to announce that Tori Dauvin, a 5’11 right side from Saskatoon, Sask. has committed to joining the team in the 2020-21 season. Dauvin is set to graduate from St. Joseph High School in the spring of 2020 and plans on joining Lakehead University’s Chemistry…
Lakehead Thunderwolves women’s basketball alumni and Wall of Famer Jylisa Williams has been named to the U SPORTS list of the Top 100 women’s basketball players of the century. The Top 100 list was created in celebration of the 100 year anniversary of U SPORTS women’s basketball. “Words cannot describe the amazing…
Wrestling Marco Palermo Year: 4 Hometown: Thunder Bay, ON Program: Business Commerce “Marco Palermo won his third USPORTS and OUA championship, domination the 61kg weight division. At Usports Marco also won the most matches in the least amount of time in the men’s championship, winning four matches while being on the mat…
Lakehead Skiers Alannah MacLean and Andy Shields lead the Thunderwolves at the OUA Nordic Skiing Championship last weekend in Sault Ste. Marie. The Thunderwolves returned home with the silver medal in both the men’s and women’s team championships. “Another great OUA championship for our team. We were close in both overall titles…
The Lakehead Thunderwolves wrestling team returned home from the 2020 USports Wrestling Championships in St. Catharines, ON with two medals. The Thunderwolves were led by senior wrestler Marco Palermo who dominated the 61kg weight class and won his third straight USports Championship. Palermo won the most matches in the least amount of…
The Lakehead Thunderwolves men’s basketball team suffered a heartbreaking loss to the Laurier Golden Hawks Saturday night at the Thunderdome. The Golden Hawks walked away from the OUA Wilson Cup quarter-final match up with a 68-64 win over the Thunderwolves, eliminating the Thunder Bay squad from the playoffs. “Tough way to finish…
