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Ironic that the Coquitlam Reds are suddenly the hottest B.C. Premier Baseball League team with summer just having hit.

Playoffs started more than a month early on the weekend for the Coquitlam Adanacs. At least it appeared that way.

Coquitlam's Tory Nyhaug will represent Canada at the 2011 UCI BMX World Championships set to spin July 27-31 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

A bench-load of Tri-City athletes will represent B.C. on both its Midget and Bantam teams that are gearing up for the Canadian national girls lacrosse championships set to run next Thursday through July 28 at Queen's Park Arena in New Westminster.

Terry Fox high school boys basketball coaching icon Rich Chambers was named the new head coach of the University of Victoria Vikes women's hoop squad, it was announced earlier this week.

" You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and, in the end, it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.

Two Tri-City players are set to toil on the Burnaby Oakeys '96 squad in the 2011 Scotiabank Canadian Open Fastpitch International Championship, July 11-17 at South Surrey's Softball City.

Sunday is Father's Day, the one day a year when dad is supposed to do what he wants. Now don't tell me that embodies him hanging out in the backyard grilling burgers on the barbecue.