Local Sports

The Lakehead Thunderwolves are adding a new camp to their summer hockey school schedule. From Aug. 22 to 26 the university squad will host the Junior Wolves Elite Pee Wee camp, designed for players participating at the AA and AAA level.

On July 14, 1951, CBS aired the first colour TV broadcast of a sporting event anywhere in the world. But folks in Port Arthur likely had no clue what was going on south of the border.

It was a trying season for Jordan Staal and the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Port Arthur Stadium has swung its way into the final round of a competition that aims to find Canada’s favourite ballpark. The 60-year-old stadium struck out Okotok, Alta., Seaman Stadium this past week taking 70 per cent of the online votes.

Golf is returning to Lakehad University. The school on Monday announced the sport will make a comeback under the tutelage of instructor Dustin Wilson, who will coach the squad, which he’d eventually like to compete for national championships.

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.