April 8, 2022 The Thunderwolves celebrated their 2021/2022 season with the Athletic Awards on Friday afternoon. After an untraditional season filled with rescheduled games and shut downs, it was an opportunity to gather and highlight all of the hard work that the athletes, coaches and teams had accomplished. Congratulations to all of…
Francis Clayton bids Farewell to the Mat April 5, 2022 After a celebrated career, Francis Clayton is announcing his retirement. Shortly after becoming the 1981 CIAU mens champion wrestling for Lakehead, he took on the role of Lakehead’s Head Wrestling Coach in 1985. “After two stints of coaching the Lakehead Wrestling program,…
MEDIA RELEASE December 6, 2021 – Thunder Bay, ON Thunderwolves announce RBC Athletes of the Month Thunder Bay, Ontario – Lakehead University has elected to issue a media release this month rather than having our regular media conference. Lakehead Athletics is pleased to announce its Thunderwolves RBC Athletes of the Month: Eric Gonzales,…
With Thunder Bay welcoming snow at home, Thunderwolves athletes were primarily on the road, collecting some wins in every active sport. The men’s hockey team were the sole Lakehead squad playing at home, though both basketball teams return to Thunder Bay next weekend. The women’s volleyball completed another bye weekend prior to…
This weekend saw a lot of action for the Thunderwolves Athletics pack, with a number of OUA regular season openers. Most of our Wolves were in Hamilton, Ontario being hosted by McMaster, with the exceptions of our cross country squad who were representing the Thunderwolves pack at the OUA championships in London,…
Mike Haskell of St Pat’s HS brings a record of provincial achievement August 16th – Thunder Bay ON – Lakehead Athletics is pleased to announce that Lakehead Wrestling Club and St Patrick’s High School graduate Michael Haskell has committed to the Thunderwolves and Lakehead University, where he will begin a degree in…
As the world waits for the 2020 Olympic Games to begin in Tokyo this week, Lakehead Athletics is proud to count one of their own among the participants. Ed Zinger, who studied and competed at Lakehead from 1988 to 1993 will officiate Olympic wrestling at the 32nd Olympiad. (photo credit Anne Zinger)…
Lakehead Wrestling is pleased to announce the recent commitment made by Winnipeg Wrestling standout, Nina Zigic. Nina will be graduating from Seven Oaks Met School, and will be majoring in Sociology while at Lakehead. Nina trains at West Kildonan Collegiate, where she is coached by Jayson Heinrich. While with Coach Heinrich, Nina…
