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When Barry Chamberlain, Larry Mehrer and the 13 other players on the Deloitte's Old Sticks senior men's slo-pitch team show up at tournaments across British Columbia opposing teams are usually shaking in their cleats.

Hometown boy a key part of Axemen for baseball nationals

Emma Balazs added two more medals to her collection at the 2012 Legion Canadian Youth Championship in Charlottetown, Aug. 17-19.

It took until Sunday but the Prince George IDL Midget Knights were finally able to blast away their jitters at the 2012 Western Canada Midget double-A championship in Morden, Man.

Todd Jordan has found more inside size. Jordan, head coach of the UNBC Timberwolves men's basketball team, has added six-foot-six Navjot Bains to his roster.

It wasn't the start the Prince George IDL Midget Knights wanted. The Knights fell 9-5 in their opening game of the 2012 Western Canada Midget double-A championship in Morden, Man., to the Swift Current Indians on Friday.

Three local players will be wearing out-of-town jerseys at next week's Baseball Canada Senior Championship. Infielder Jay Cook and pitchers Jesse Dill and Jon Bourassa will play for the B.C.

Axemen all set for Baseball Canada Senior Championship

Emma Balazs is a national bronze-medalist. On Friday in Charlottetown, host city for the Legion Canadian Youth Track and Field Championships, the 17-year-old Prince George resident won bronze in the 1,500-metre run.

The Prince George IDL Midget Knights were edged 4-3 by Altona on Saturday morning at the 2012 Western Canada Midget double-A championship in Morden, Man.