By the end of the first week of the Canada Summer Games in Sherbrooke, Que., Team B.C. had amassed a haul of 61 medals, including 20 gold, 18 silver and 23 bronze. The provincial team counts 26 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»athletes competing in individual and team events.
At the ballpark at Stade Amedee-Roy in Parc Victoria, two BC Premier Baseball League players, Brad Smith, a Point Grey student, and Britannia's Keenan Williams, helped B.C. to a gold medal against Ontario Aug. 9. B.C. went up five runs on three hits in the first inning and held the lead to shutout Ontario 5-0 for the win.
The girls soccer team, anchored on defence by Kitsilano grad Kathryn Baker, defeated the hosts from Quebec 3-2 at the Stade Université de Sherbrooke Aug. 8 to win gold for B.C. Coached by Jesse Symons, who helms the Whitecaps FC Girls Elite program, the team took an early lead and went up 2-0 before Quebec could respond.
The hosts evened the score at the 33-minute mark but the Western side would not be denied. Sam Dion scored her second point of the night when she headed in a corner kick from Rachel Jones for the winning goal.
Two St. George's graduates hit it out on the tennis courts at Sherbrooke's Centre Recreatif Rock Forest. Patrick Hall, a member of the Jericho Tennis Club, won gold in the boys doubles, defeating Quebec 3-6, 7-5, 6-4, with his Richmond teammate Haolong (Felix) Fan Aug. 7. Alexander Day contended for gold in boys singles on the same day but fell 3-6, 4-6 to an ace from Alberta. The medals were the second for both athletes; B.C. also finished second in the team event.
Lloyd Lyall, a West Point Grey Academy student and Royal Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Yacht Club sailor, won two silver medals for B.C., the only province to win a medal in every sailing category. Lyall came second in the single Laser and also in the double-handed 29er with RVYC teammate Ryan Wood.
Killarney's Marc Magano helped the boys wrestling team to a silver medal by defeating Ontario's Dillon Williams in the 58 kg class. The team was coached by Burnaby Mountain Wrestling Club coaches Dave McKay and Vancouver's John Pineda.
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