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Canada beats Bahamas but will need to be better

Alyx Treasure is a junior national champion. The 19-year-old Prince George Track and Field Club member won the high jump event with a leap of 1.81 metres Saturday at the Athletics Canada junior national championships in Winnipeg.

It was big news in Taiwan when they beat Cuba in Rotterdam, Holland on Sunday to win the World Port tournament.

Cuba and the Beijing Tigers were supposed to battle for a victory on opening night of the World Baseball Challenge. Instead, rain was declared the lopsided winner. Thanks to foul weather all day Friday, the game -- which was scheduled for 7 p.m.

So far, the Under-13 Kodiaks are putting together a perfect provincials. The boys all-star team from the Prince George Youth Soccer Association elevated its record in the provincial B championship tournament to 2-0 on Friday.

In a thriller that went right down to the wire, Cuba edged Toshiba-Japan 4-3 Saturday night at the World Baseball Challenge.

Danica Ludlow is close to the ocean now in Victoria at the Swim B.C. triple-A championships and she's swimming like a fish.

For the first three innings, Chinese Taipei couldn't break away from the Bahamas. Big fourth, fifth and sixth innings solved the problem.

The black bear that scrambled off into the ditch on University Way Friday morning was the centre of attention for the Toshiba-Japan Brave Areus baseball team.

The opening game of the World Baseball Challenge between Cuba and the Beijing Tigers will not go ahead tonight as scheduled. The game has been postponed due to inclement weather and a wet field and has been rescheduled for Monday night at 7 p.m.