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Scott Donley homered and went 3-for-5 at the plate in his Northwoods League debut, but the Thunder Bay Border Cats fell way short on Day 1 of their 10th season.

The Wednesday evening scheduled Thunder Bay Chill spring soccer at James Street and John Jumbo is cancelled, club officials announced.

Samuel Playle feels good when he's racing his BMX bike, pedaling as fast as he can. The eight-year-old has been BMX racing the last couple of years, even placing second and third in Minnesota races last year.

After the second day of competition of the 40th annual May International swim meet, the host Thunder Bay Thunderbolts sit in second place with 567 points, while the visiting Minnesota Great Wolf swim team took the lead with 592 points.

Thunder Bay's Walter Keating Jr.is the 2012 Champion of Champions. The former Candian Tour player fired a 68 on Saturday to take the annual event, which brings together tournament champions from around the region.

A 5-0 win over WSA Winnipeg on Friday gave Tony Colistro and the Thunder Bay Chill plenty of latitude on Saturday.

Sullivan Silva has flair.

Wet weather has forced the Thunder Bay Chill out of Chapples Field. Instead the Premier Development League soccer team will open its 13th season on the turf at Fort William Stadium, team officials announced Friday.

The Nova Scotia connection is continuing at the Thunderdome. The Lakehead University women’s basketball team has inked a pair of recruits from Canada’s Ocean Playground.

The Thunder Bay Border Cats are hoping outfielder James Bonds can hit the living daylights out of the ball. Bonds is one of nine players the Northwoods League team on Wednesday announced will be joining the Cats for the 2012 season.