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The boys of summer will return next year. Thunder Bay Border Cats president and general manager Brad Jorgenson told tbnewswatch.com that his team will be back in 2012 and that the organization has already started selling season tickets.

The Border Cats are back in the .500 club after they stung the stingers 6-1 at home Friday night. Rain forced a shortened, five-inning game at Port Arthur Stadium, which saw attendance again climb above the 1,000 mark.

Thunder Bay is inching closer to becoming home to Canada's favourite ball park. The semi-finals for the Canada's Favourite Ball Park contest continue until Monday, Aug. 8, as Port Arthur Stadium goes head-to-head with Seaman Stadium in Okotoks, Alta.

The Border Cats will take on the Willmar Stingers in the club’s second last homegame of the season Thursday evening.

Sicelo Buthelzi says he’s still in denial. The Thunder Bay Chill fullback said Friday’s loss in the semi-final Premier Development League game to the eventual championship winning Kitsap Pumas was a hard loss for the team.

It’s an online showdown between Thunder Bay's Port Arthur Stadium and Okotok’s Seaman Stadium for a spot in the finals for Canada’s Favourite Baseball Park .

The Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame membership is on the rise. On Friday the organization announced six new inductees will enter the hall in September, led by former NHLer Rick Bragnalo.

The Thunder Bay Border Cats uninspired run to a second-half crown ended in St. Cloud on Friday night. Derek Campbell scored three times and three other River Bats crossed the plate twice, as St.

Gustavo Oliveira scored in the 34th minute, but it was all the Thunder Bay Chill could manage Friday night as their dreams of a second Premier Development League championship came to a crashing halt.

The Border Cats opened their five-game road trip with a convincing win in St. Cloud Thursday. The Cats rallied in the eighth and ninth innings, after trailing 3-2, to collect an 8-3 win St. Cloud River Bats.