A huge victory for the Kenora Triple A midget program.
The Thistles skated into Thunder Bay over the weekend for the Northwest Branch Playdowns and beat the host Kings two games to one, to advance to the Telus Regional Playdowns in Virden next month.
The Thistles won the third and deciding game of the playdowns yesterday afternoon 2-1.
It was the Kenora midgets first win at the Branch playdowns in 11 years and only the third time they've managed to beat Thunder Bay in 27 years.
Meanwhile, the Kings took the other two playdowns over the weekend, winning the Triple A Peewee championship with a 5-2 win over the Northwestern All-stars yesterday morning.
