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The Thunder Bay Border Cats playoff hopes are dead for 2012.

The Lakehead Thunderwolves have added to an already beefy recruiting class. Former Owen Sound Attack stay-at-home defenceman Jay Gilbert confirmed on Twitter that he’s committed to play in Thunder Bay this fall.

On the spur of the moment, Stanley Cup in hand, two summers ago Patrick Sharp paid a visit to the George Jeffrey Children’s Centre.

Two-time Ontario champion coach Denis Lavoie will be back behind the bench of the Thunder Bay Queens.

The Thunder Bay Border Cats kept their slim playoff hopes alive on Wednesday night, thanks to a 13-3 home-field shellacking of the visiting Duluth Huskies.

It’s off to the semifinals for the Thunder Bay-All Stars, though they’ll go on a losing note. The All-Stars were blasted 13-1 by unbeaten Quebec (5-0) on Monday in a battle for top spot at the Canadian Senior Little League Championship.

The Thunder Bay Nationals fell one run short Monday night at the Canadian Junior Little League Championship in Lethbridge, Alta.

The Thunder Bay Border Cats on Monday salvaged their last hope on a disastrous road trip that pushed them from contenders to also-rans.

Bryce Jorgenson and Kody Anton had three RBI apiece to lead the Thunder Bay All-Stars to another lopsided win at the Canadian Senior Little League Championship in Regina.

The semifinals are set at the Strathcona Invitational and there is still a pair of ex-champions in the hunt.