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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.

A no-doubt-about-it, three-run homerun that came off the bat of Kevin Taylor and soared over the rightfield fence at Port Arthur Stadium sent the Border Cats to a 5-2 victory over rival Duluth Huskies Wednesday night.

The United Soccer Leagues has announced the finalists for the 2011 PDL Honors, and several Chill names have made the list of nominees.

A late game rally by the Duluth Huskies undid eight innings of solid pitching and defence by the Border Cats Tuesday night. The Cats, now 11-14 in the second half, fell to the Huskies 3-1 despite shutting down Duluth’s offence for eight innings.

Thunder Bay Chill veterans Wilson Neto and Brandon Swartzendruber will enter the Premier Development League final four as all stars.

The Border Cats won a defensive battle on home turf 1-0 against rival Duluth Huskies Monday. The single run came in the bottom of the ninth inning at Port Arthur Stadium in front of a holliday crowd of more than 650 people.