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Battling sizzling temperatures of 39 C, the Nechako Rotary Timberwolves felt the heat Sunday in Clearwater.

This weekend marks the first major championship of the year at Aberdeen Glen Golf Course. About 100 athletes from Prince George, Smithers and Quesnel will tee off Friday in the three-day men's open championship.

For any athlete, wearing the Maple Leaf is a source of pride. Linda Renner can't wait to put it on. She'll be wearing her red and white Team Canada jacket when she boards an 8:45 a.m. flight today in Vancouver en route to Los Angeles. L.A.

The Prince George Posse begins its quest for the provincial A2 title on Friday. The host team has its first game action Friday at 10:30 a.m. at Kin 1 against Kamloops, followed by a 5:30 p.m. game against Coquitlam, also at Kin 1.

Three years ago, Beth Hillhouse's husband Brian gave her an expensive triathlon bike as a birthday present. Ever since then, that bike hasn't had much of a chance to gather dust.

Amanda Asay has had five days to watch the Pan Am Games in Toronto. Today in Ajax, Ont., she becomes switches from spectator to participant. The 27-year-old from Prince George and her Canadian national team will take on Cuba starting at 4:05 p.m.

Pan Am Games boxer Kenny Lally drew a bye Saturday and that means he didn't have to fight when the tournament opened later that night.

The seventh inning was scary to watch for Julie Dempsey but the nightmare ended with her Prince George Nechako Rotary Timberwolves still on the winning side of the ledger Friday morning.

For 35 years, the Prince George Triathlon has given people a reason to stretch their muscles, ligaments and tendons, fill up their lungs, and spike their heart rates in an all-out test of swimming, biking and running endurance.

Dan Hamhuis won Olympic gold in 2014. In May, he helped Canada bring home the world hockey championship. And before his days are done as a Vancouver Canucks defenceman he has at least one more championship duty left on his bucket list.