Lakehead’s cross country running teams will be in Minneapolis this weekend, competing at the annual Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday morning. “As always the Griak will be a great early season test to see how we stack up at this point of the season against some excellent competition,” says coach Kip Sigsworth….
The men’s basketball team begin their non-conference schedule in the Thunderdome this weekend versus the Manitoba Bisons. Game times are Friday and Saturday at 8:00pm. Lakehead will field a large group of newcomers, with 10 rookies on their expanded pre-season roster. Fourth year veterans Alex Robichaud, Mor Menashe and Bacarius Dinkins will…
The women’s volleyball team went 1-4 over the weekend at the Quebec-Ontario Challenge, hosted by the U of Montreal Carabins. In their first match on Friday, Lakehead was defeated 3-0 by the host team (25-17, 25-10, 25-12). The Carabins presented a powerful lineup against a younger Thunderwolves’ squad, who had some struggles…
Wrestlers Do Battle vs. Wesmen, Win 6 matches [byline] Lakehead’s wrestlers put up a good fight against the visiting Winnipeg Wesmen in the first dual meet in the Thunderdome between CIS opponents in over a decade. The day pitted best of the Wesmen against those of the Thunderwolves in two separate sessions…
Lakehead Takes First Loss, 76-73 [byline] The men’s basketball team were dealt their first loss of the pre-season, 76-73 by the Winnipeg Wesmen on Friday evening. Boxscore After making a surprising late-game comeback in Thursday’s game, the ‘Wolves were unable to complete Friday night’s comeback, despite some impressive shooting from fourth year…
Lakehead’s wrestling program welcomes back one of their own, and one of their best ever, as an assistant coach this season. Head coach Francis Clayton announced today that Justin BeauParlant will serve as an assistant with the program this season. “I am fired up to have Justin BeauParlant as a part of…
Lakehead Athletics Director Tom Warden announced today that Lakehead Basketball is on solid footing for the immediate future and years to come. Jon Kreiner, head coach of the women’s program, has been signed to a 5-year contract, while Manny Furtado, who just completed 12 months at the helm of the men’s program,…
[byline] ‘Wolves Win Doubleheader vs. Bisons The men’s basketball team completed a weekend sweep of the Manitoba Bisons on Saturday evening with a 80-73 win. Boxscore It was clear after Friday’s game, and an informal scrimmage Saturday morning between benches, that both coach Furtado and his Manitoba counterpart had been busy fine-tuning…
