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The Tri-Cities have plenty of hometown favourites to root for at the Canada Summer Games that start this week in Sherbrooke, Que.

The Coquitlam Redlegs' bats fell silent during the final stretch of the B.C. Junior Premier Baseball League. The Redlegs dropped a double-header to the visiting White Rock Jr.

The Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs have earned a return trip to the Minto Cup. The Adanacs completed a three-game sweep of the Victoria Shamrocks with a 10-5 win Saturday, setting up a B.C. Junior Lacrosse League final with the New Westminster Salmonbellies.

The Coquitlam Sr. Adanacs picked the right time to get on a roll. The Adanacs are riding a five-game win streak as they head into a Western Lacrosse Association playoff matchup with the Langley Thunder.

Tri-City girls helped Team BC reach gold at the Female National Box Lacrosse Championships. Team BC outlasted Ontario 12-4 Sunday in Halifax to take gold in the junior division.

The Port Coquitlam Judo Club reeled in a string of medals at the 2013 Canadian Judo Championships in Richmond earlier this month.

There's a strong Tri-City contingent on this year's Team B.C. women's volleyball squad preparing for the Canada Games.

There will be no home-rink advantage for the Tri-City Bandits in the West Coast Senior Lacrosse Association semifinal. The Bandits will host the Nanaimo Timberman at 4:30 p.m.

Things are happening very quickly for Coquitlam's Nathan George. But that should come as no surprise, as speed is the name of the game for the provincial track sensation. George won both the 200- and 400-metre events at last weekend's B.C.