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Why do they do it? Coaches guide kids to wins, personal bests at the BC Games

Why do they do it? Coaches guide kids to wins, personal bests at the BC Games

Behind the 2,300 B.C. athletes are the 450 coaches who dedicate time to help train, compete

Why do they do it? Coaches guide kids to wins, personal bests at the BC Games
Lower Mainland teams battle for baseball gold at BC Games

Lower Mainland teams battle for baseball gold at BC Games

Vancouver Coastal squeaked out a 3-2 win against Fraser Valley

Lower Mainland teams battle for baseball gold at BC Games
International-level competitor and Team BC alumnus Brent Hoel heads out of the water and toward the bike racks during Saturday morning’s relay featuring current BC Games triathletes, coaches, and alumni at Brentwood College School. (Kevin Rothbauer/Citizen)

BC Games triathletes take on their coaches in fun race

Alumni, coaches and competitors from all eight zones across the province teamed up and raced

International-level competitor and Team BC alumnus Brent Hoel heads out of the water and toward the bike racks during Saturday morning’s relay featuring current BC Games triathletes, coaches, and alumni at Brentwood College School. (Kevin Rothbauer/Citizen)
Thornhill’s Amber Underwood handles first base duties for the North West (Zone 7) girls softball team during a game against Kootenays at the Cowichan 2018 BC Summer Games. (Kevin Rothbauer/Citizen)

ZONE 7: Players’ insistence delivers North West softball team to BC Games

North West hasn’t had a girls softball team since 2010 but that changed at the Cowichan Summer Games

Thornhill’s Amber Underwood handles first base duties for the North West (Zone 7) girls softball team during a game against Kootenays at the Cowichan 2018 BC Summer Games. (Kevin Rothbauer/Citizen)
Tsawwassen’s Nate Rosser is playing at the BC Summer Games in memory of his best friend, Kyle Losse. (Kevin Rothbauer/Black Press)

ZONE 5: Nate Rosser dedicates BC Games to late friend who died of a stroke

Tsawwassen teen keeps memories of Kyle Losse, 14, alive at the Cowichan 2018 BC Summer Games

Tsawwassen’s Nate Rosser is playing at the BC Summer Games in memory of his best friend, Kyle Losse. (Kevin Rothbauer/Black Press)
ZONE 8: Williams Lake’s Gabby Knox is a 2nd-generation BC Games competitor

ZONE 8: Williams Lake’s Gabby Knox is a 2nd-generation BC Games competitor

Both parents competed in softball, but Knox is making waves in the pool

ZONE 8: Williams Lake’s Gabby Knox is a 2nd-generation BC Games competitor
Volunteers provide the glue that keeps BC Games moving

Volunteers provide the glue that keeps BC Games moving

The 2018 Cowichan Summer Games had more than 2,300 volunteers on hand across Vancouver Island

Volunteers provide the glue that keeps BC Games moving
Lacrosse coaches take part in a ceremonial blessing before a game at the 2018 BC Summer Games in the Cowichan Valley.

All-Indigenous teams break new ground, making BC Games history

This is the first time there have been dedicated Indigenous teams at the BC Summer Games

Lacrosse coaches take part in a ceremonial blessing before a game at the 2018 BC Summer Games in the Cowichan Valley.
BC Games: Day 1 comes to an end

BC Games: Day 1 comes to an end

Medals have already been handed out following one day of competition in the 2018 BC Summer Games

BC Games: Day 1 comes to an end
BC Games ready to begin on Vancouver Island

BC Games ready to begin on Vancouver Island

More than 2,000 athletes will compete in 18 sports from Friday to Sunday

BC Games ready to begin on Vancouver Island
Kelly Mann, president and CEO of the BC Games Society. (Black Press photo)

BC Games marks 40 years in 2018

Cowichan Games a milestone for BC Games Society

Kelly Mann, president and CEO of the BC Games Society. (Black Press photo)
From left: Dyson Leneve, Hayden Nicholson and Colby Couturier will represent Quesnel at the 2018 B.C. Summer Games on July 19-22. Ronan O’Doherty photo

Three box lacrosse players represent Quesnel at B.C. Summer Games

Leneve, Couturier and Nicholson look forward to step up in competition

From left: Dyson Leneve, Hayden Nicholson and Colby Couturier will represent Quesnel at the 2018 B.C. Summer Games on July 19-22. Ronan O’Doherty photo
Gymnast Brooklyn Stobbe and bowler Jenny Scholefield bring in the torch to begin the 100-day countdown to the 2018 B.C. Summer Games in the Cowichan Valley. (Kevin Rothbauer/Citizen)

Countdown is on to the 2018 B.C. Summer Games

Cowichan Valley hosts on July 19-22

Gymnast Brooklyn Stobbe and bowler Jenny Scholefield bring in the torch to begin the 100-day countdown to the 2018 B.C. Summer Games in the Cowichan Valley. (Kevin Rothbauer/Citizen)
Sticking the landing at the B.C. Games

Sticking the landing at the B.C. Games

Gymnasts talk competition, B.C. Winter Games, and teamwork in Kamloops

Sticking the landing at the B.C. Games
Earl Marriott Mariners’ Tyra Anderson attampted to smash the ball through the blocks of Seaquam Seahawks Sydney Tait and Aniyah Loftus during Friday’s 4A girls quarter-finals of the Big Kahuna BC Volleyball Championships at the Langley Events Centre. Troy Landreville Black Press

B.C. teams battle to decide kings and queens of high school volleyball court

Gold medal matches in three divisions taking place Saturday at Langley Events Centre

Earl Marriott Mariners’ Tyra Anderson attampted to smash the ball through the blocks of Seaquam Seahawks Sydney Tait and Aniyah Loftus during Friday’s 4A girls quarter-finals of the Big Kahuna BC Volleyball Championships at the Langley Events Centre. Troy Landreville Black Press