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The Thunder Bay Border Cats eight-game losing streak is a thing of the past. The Cats scored a season-high 16 runs Thursday night, led by Dylan Becker’s three-hit, five RBI performance, crushing the visiting Wisconsin Woodchucks 16-3.

Twice the Thunder Bay Selects appeared to have the Cape Breton Cubs on the ropes. Twice the host Selects gloves – and some timely hitting by the Cubs – got in the way of a national championship.

Doug Gilmour says it was a family decision to send his 16-year-old son Jake packing.

Dan DelPaggi said he just wanted to put the ball in play.

To say it’s been a trying season for Thunder Bay Border Cats manager Dan Holcomb might be the baseball understatement of the year. It didn’t get any better on Wednesday night.

The Border Cats crawl to the Northwoods League finish line hit another speed bump Monday night.

After a decade of playing the Strathcona Invitational, Jordan Gehl finally gets to see his name on the trophy. The 30-year-old faced off against Jamie DePiero in the champoinship final on Monday.

They didn’t hit double digits, but the Rochester Honkers still handed the Thunder Bay Border Cats another loss.

Red cards, big games and the Thunder Bay Chill go hand in hand.

The Thunder Bay Border Cats have to have hit rock bottom. Because if it gets any worse than Saturday night’s shellacking at the hands of the hometown Mankato MoonDogs, it might be time to find another sport to play.