There will be no shortage of local athletes to cheer for during the 2022 BC Summer Games.
For two, three or four days of competition (depending on which sport), starting Thursday and wrapping up Sunday, there are dozens of hometown heroes participating in the Games.
The list of Prince George athletes, coaches who will compete for Zone 8 – Cariboo-Northeast in the Summer Games in one of 18 sports includes:
Artistic swimming
Athletes: Nicole Barager, Kennedy Moore, Sienna Veeken.
Head coach: Kimberly Huggett
Athletics
Athletes: Andrew Blackburn, Jack Bowler, Peyton Briere, Azalea Cartwright, Noah Gladdish, Hana Liston, Joshua Olatubosun, Kristian Richards, Kionae Roberts, Raymond Thompson, Natalie Ward, Spencer Rourke (Special Olympics).
Head coach: Lauren Matheson
Baseball
Athletes: Gunner Beetlestone, Mitchal Heggelund, Hunter Henry, Ethan Hoff
Peyton Mackay, Linden Matovina, Kaleb Miller, Lyle Morgan, Lucas Peacock, Ezra Peters, Andrew Riddle, Joshua Stachoski, Brody Wood.
Head coach: Derek Wood; Assistant coach: Mike Mackay.
Basketball (boys)
Athletes: Kabir Bhathal, Sam Cramer, Jinichi Cronje, Lucas Dresen, Daniel Dron, Wyatt Hill. M.J. Kim, Markus Sale, Jake Samis, Colby Van Camp.
Head coach: Nick Novak.
Basketball (girls)
Athletes: Hailey Baker, Aiyana Carpenter, Emily Clarke, Sofija Johnson, Paige Kynoch, Ana Mackenzie, Ava MacNeill, Zahra Ngabo.
Head coach: Louise Holmes; Assistant coach: Miranda Kynoch.
Beach Volleyball
Athletes: Alyssa Hansen, Isaak Lank, Esme Long, Annaleise Receveur.
Box lacrosse
Athletes: Dalton Barwise, Wyatt Elias, Kael Frederick, Logan Hauk, Liam Hunter, Cache Kaban, Logan Hauk, Jayden Larmand, Brady MacKay, Jackson Moleski, Everett Muratori, Keaton Nicholson, Nolan Vansickle, Linkin Waldner.
Head coach: Jeff Moleski; Assistant coaches: Darcy Nicholson, Don Wittmeier.
Canoe/Kayak
Athletes: Chloe Bialuski, Jessica Fowlie, Joshua Fowlie, Micah Gordon, Tanner McConkey, Benjamin Perry, Yujin Roh.
Head coach: Angus Ball; Assistant coach: Noah Calhoun.
Equestrian
Athletes: Danya Baker, Cadance VanGloven, Chase Caron (Para), Nathan Seifert (Para), Marinka VanHage (Para).
Field lacrosse
Athletes: Grady Aubichon, Cohen Bloom, Cameron Jefferies, Kobe Kidd, Drebin Landry, Ty Maloney, Ronin Martin.
Head coach: Tony De Gans; Assistant coach: Cole Paciejewski.
Golf
Brody Brook, Nikai Hrushka.
Head coach: Blair Scott.
Rugby (girls)
Athlete: Camern Aubichon,
Head coach: Jeremy Cundy
Soccer (boys)
Athletes: Wasim Aka, Jacob Anaka, Keenan Beer, Sam Bogle, Owen Branigan, Samuel Giesbrecht, Luka Khalchenko, Cole Knechtel, Caleb Le Morvan, Doyle Roberts, Luis Rodrigues, Emmett Russell.
Head coach: Terrol Russell; Assistant coach: Collin Payne, Gerry Wyers.
Soccer (girls)
Athletes: Aivrielle Caban, Addison Chadwick, Kassidy Green, Maddy Heal, Calli Martin, Ella Meroniuk, Sabina Murray, Alisha Powar, Hannah Rickards, Alaina Skelly, Alexa Talbot, Aubrey Wagner.
Head coach: Joanne Wankling; Assistant coach: Sohanna Bains
Softball (boys)
Dion Abraham, David Coombs, Jayden Cunningham, Tanner Gagnon, Aiden Heggelund, Colby Jefferies, Kirby Lessard, Damian Lippmann, Tyler Martens-John, Tyrese Patsey
Head coach: Jarrett Potskin; Assistant coach: Brady Potskin.
Softball (girls)
Athletes: Jivanna Bird, Samantha Downey, MacKinleigh Forsyth, Lily McCullough, Kourtney Miller, Stella Plato, Presley Sharpe, Rachel Strom.
Head coach: Jessica Normand; Assistant coach: Ceara Barkowsky
Swimming
Athletes: Jacob Bennett, Anna Callaway, Taylor Ellington, Christian Hickey, Natalie Hoehn.
Head coach: Kathleen Morgan
Towed water sports
Athletes: Jake Birkhiem
Head coach: Tom Birkhiem
Triathlon
Athletes: Isaac Bennett, Sebastian Botten, Iona Cadell, Garnet Ditto, Artemis Douglas, Ewan Hawes, Gabby Hoehn, Lukas Nolli, Josiah Wilkinson, Odin Witso, Bailey Yearley.
Volleyball (boys)
Oliver Connelly, Alex Ezaki, Reed Fox, Derek Hempstead, Zachary Kynoch, Owen Martin, Zane Mcknight, Samuel Nelson, Joshua Olatnbosum, Xander Tabora, Owen White, Dawson Wiens, Brayden Woroshelo.
Head coach: Griffin Olexyn; Assistant coach: Jason Olexyn.
Volleyball (girls)
Athletes: Tolu Afolabi, Jocelyn Atkinson, Shadyn Dhansaw, Ella Dreher, Magdalena Malfair, Andi Schreiner, Izabelle Yarish.
Assistant coaches: Carly Connor, Amanda Heinze.
Wrestling
Athletes: Emria Campbell, Jacob Desjarlais, Zack Giesbrecht, Amy Giesbrecht, Allan Gilliard, Keira Gordon, Caleb Low, Hunter McCarthy, Cale McConkey.
Head coach: Dennis McCarthy.
