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There’s no doubt about it, the Thunder Bay Border Cats are in a June swoon.

Trevor Letowski’s hockey playing days may be behind him but he’s staying in the game.

The Border Cats modest one-game winning streak came to a crashing halt at home Tuesday night.

Hunter Campbell didn’t just beat the junior boys record in the 400-metre dash. He shattered it.

Better late than never for the Thunder Bay Border Cats. The Northwoods League squad erupted for eight runs in the final two innings Monday night in Duluth, their 11-3 win over the host Huskies stopping a four-game slide in its tracks.

Luke Judson is a bull again. The former captain of the OHL’s Belleville Bulls is leaving the Lakehead Thunderwolves after one season, signing a contract with the East Coast Hockey League’s San Francisco Bulls.

Youth prevailed Sunday at the 2013 Mallon’s Play it Again Sports Better Ball Championship. Evan Littlefield and Robbie Untinen shot 65 to clinch top spot in the two-day event, staged at Chapples Golf Club.

The Border Cats continue to struggle. On Sunday they dropped their fourth straight, falling 9-6 to the host Duluth Huskies, dropping their first-half record to 7-12.

It was an ugly game on a beautiful day. The Thunder Bay Border Cats gave up 24 runs on 29 hits, breaking the team record of 21 on 23 set in 2003, to the St. Cloud Rox in a 24-12 marathon day game that lasted more than three-and-a-half hours.

Home cooking doesn’t seem to be helpingg the Thunder Bay Border Cats these days.