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Pitching help can’t arrive soon enough for the Border Cats.

Pat MacKenzie was probably the least likely guy to break a season-long homerless drought for the Waterloo Bucks. One of the smallest guys on the team, MacKenize only had three extra-base hits in 83 at bats this summer.

The Thunder Bay Border Cats are trying to play spoiler in the Northwoods League’s North Division first-half race They just didn’t do a very good job at it Thursday night in their return to Subway Field, a game delayed 50 minutes by rain.

Thunder Bay Chill defender Axel Sjoberg says defence always comes first in soccer. But on Thursday the Swedish import was recognized for his offensive talent.

Following in the footsteps of men’s coach Scott Morrison, Lakehead Thunderwolves women’s basketball coach Jon Kreiner has turned south of the border for talent. On Wednesday the team announced Grand Marais, Minn.

It was a rough day for Border Cats pitchers on Tuesday. The host Mankato Moon Dogs exploded for 11 runs in the fifth inning and cruised to a 17-10 win in a game neither staff particularly wants to remember.

Up eight runs headed for the bottom of the ninth, the Border Cats did their best to blow the lead. But the Mankato Moon Dogs were halted after plating seven runs in their final at bat, the Cats settling for a wild 13-12 triumph on the road.

Matt Caria’s status with the Lakehead Thunderwolves remains up in the air. Bill McDonald, the hockey team’s newly named coach, said he hasn’t heard from the Sault Ste. Marie forward since taking over the reins.

Former Lakehead Thunderwolves captain Adam Sergerie is heading overseas to continue his hockey-playing career. Sergerie has signed a deal to play with Germany’s Erfurt Black Dragons, Thunderwolves officials announced Monday in a release.

The Border Cats first-half title hopes have all but disappeared.