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Kevin Taylor ended a see-saw battle Sunday with a run-scoring single in the eighth inning that gave the Thunder Bay Border Cats a 3-2 mark on their season-opening road trip.

It was a night the Thunder Bay Border Cats pitching staff would rather forget.

When defender Sean Reynolds learned he would be playing soccer in Northern Ontario this summer, he did what many Floridians might do. “I actually bought a parka to bring here,” he said with a smile stretching across his face.

A four-RBI performance by Kevin Taylor and six innings of four-hit, shutout ball by starter Jon Carlson have the Thunder Bay Border Cats over .500 with a series victory under their belts.

Evan Weibel had two hits and a pair of RBI on Thursday night, pacing the Thunder Bay Border Cats to their first victory of the 2011 season.

The Border Cats bullpen bobbled a 4-0 lead in Wilmar, Minn., Tuesday night, allowing the Stingers to take a 4-6 win against the Thunder Bay baseball club.

Local high school students were tearing up the dirt, slamming into mud and jumping in the air as part of the first-ever high school BMX race Tuesday afternoon. More than 100 students took part in the race at the Jumbo Gardens BMX Park.

Mayor Keith Hobbs loves the Boston Bruins so much he’s got their logo tattooed on his right arm.

Border Cats manager Mike Steed says the team may look a lot different this year than it did in 2010, which had a sixth place finish in both halves of the season Mike Steed has set lofty goals for his hitters this summer.

High expectations met a stingy expansion defence on Sunday, and the result was not a winning one for the Thunder Bay Chill.