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Brett Wur scored the winner with eight minutes to go in regulation on Friday night, handing the Sioux Lookout Flyers a second straight preseason win over the visiting Dryden Ice Dogs. Wur, who also assisted on A.J.

Peter Miedema was always ready to catch foul balls while watching baseball games as a kid at Port Arthur Stadium.

Anthony Wolfe scored twice and added a pair of assists, as the Sioux Lookout Flyers kicked off the SIJHL preseason with a 5-3 win over the Dryden Ice Dogs.

The defending provincial champion Thunder Bay Winning Streak Charters bantam AA Queens will kick-off their 2011-12 season next weekend in Minnesota as the club competes in the inaugural Duluth Scrimmage Jamboree Sept. 9-11.

Former Thunder Bay Border Cats infielder Matt Camp is being forced to the sidelines for 50 games, the result of being caught violating baseball's drug policy.

Marc Staal is getting a little more and more involved with the New York Rangers offence each season. But no one will ever mistake the Thunder Bay native for Bobby Orr or Paul Coffey anytime soon.

Thunder Bay North Stars defenceman Matt Valley has committed to attend school at Northland College in Ashland, Wis., where he’ll also compete for the Lumberjacks hockey program.

The Thunder Bay Chill Reserve Males are on their way to the final of the 2011 Ontario Outdoor Cup. The soccer squad on Sunday edged Windsor Coboto 2-1 in semifinal play in Etobicoke, Ont.

VIERUMAKI, Finland - Canada's easy ride ended at the 12 Nations women's hockey tournament Sunday.

The first former Thunder Bay Border Cats player to make the major leagues has been released by the team that brought him there.