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Thunder Bay's Walter Keating Jr.is the 2012 Champion of Champions. The former Candian Tour player fired a 68 on Saturday to take the annual event, which brings together tournament champions from around the region.

A 5-0 win over WSA Winnipeg on Friday gave Tony Colistro and the Thunder Bay Chill plenty of latitude on Saturday.

Sullivan Silva has flair.

Wet weather has forced the Thunder Bay Chill out of Chapples Field. Instead the Premier Development League soccer team will open its 13th season on the turf at Fort William Stadium, team officials announced Friday.

The Nova Scotia connection is continuing at the Thunderdome. The Lakehead University women’s basketball team has inked a pair of recruits from Canada’s Ocean Playground.

The Thunder Bay Border Cats are hoping outfielder James Bonds can hit the living daylights out of the ball. Bonds is one of nine players the Northwoods League team on Wednesday announced will be joining the Cats for the 2012 season.

There was nothing too exciting about Evan Littlefield’s game on Sunday afternoon.

Gilbert Kiptoo set out to run the Firefighters Ten Mile Road Race in less than 50 minutes.

It’s down to the final four at the first Whitewater Invitational golf tournament.

Juan Rodriguez must like playing in the rain. The rookie Thunder Bay Chill sniper scored twice in the second half to break open a 1-1 contest on a soggy Sunday afternoon at Chapples Field.