COUGS COMPETE
Comox Valley Cougars Track and Field Club athletes turned in strong performances at the Canadian Junior Championships, July 8-10 at the University of Manitoba’s Pan Am Stadium in Winnipeg.
Black Creek’s Cody Parker won men’s javelin with a throw of 71.19 metres, setting both a meet and provincial record. Ladysmith’s Haleigh Lloyd finished fifth in women’s 400m hurdles in a time of 1:01.13 and was on the gold medal 4x400m relay team. Courtenay’s Nick Blackburn was third in men’s 400m hurdles and won gold in the 4x400m relay with a Junior meet record of 3:15.49.
All three have qualified for the Aug. 4-9 Western Canada Games in Kamloops while Parker earned a spot on the Canadian Junior team that will be in Miramar, FL. from July 22-24 for the Pan American Games.
TAYLOR TOPS
The Milwaukee Brewers’ AAA Player of the Month for June is Courtenay’s Taylor Green.
The Nashville Sounds’ third baseman belted a torrid. 398 last month to go along with six home runs and 20 RBI in the Pacific Coast League.
In his first full season of AAA ball, Green is third in team batting on the season with a .308 average, 13 dingers and 47 RBI.
On Sunday, Green smashed his second grand slam of the year, leading the Sounds past Albuquerque 9-5. He has both of Nashville’s grad slams this season, the first coming June 5 at New Orleans.
Drafted by the Brewers in 2005, Green was the MLB club’s Minor League Player of the Year in 2007 when he was with Class A West Virginia Power.
FASTBALL FINAL
The Comox Valley Women’s Fastball League playoff championship is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Lewis Park diamond No. 1.
In semifinal action Tuesday night at Lewis, the second-place Slingerz took on the third-place Cougars while first-place HDF met fourth-place TULS. The winner of those games (results were unavailable at press time) meet in Wednesday’s final.
PLAY THE FIELD
Happy’s Source for Sports in Courtenay and Balloons ‘n’ More in Willow Point have registration forms for the upcoming fall season for field lacrosse.
“Time to dust off the cleats and think fall lacrosse. Mid-August we will host an ‘Intro to Field’ here in Courtenay, but don’t delay – teams are filling up,” a spokesperson said.
The league is for players born 1992-2003. For more information, contact Marnie Evans at evandale@telus.net.
CHIP-INS
Logan Yanick of Courtenay finished in a seven-way tie for 48th place at the B.C. Junior Boys’ Golf Championship at Birchbank Golf Club in Trail last week.
Yanick finished at 18-over 306 with rounds of 80-71-79-76. Adam Svensson of Surrey finished first with a 14-under 274 (67-68-71-68) total.
Meanwhile Emma Rigsby of Courtenay did not make the cut at the B.C. Junior Girls Golf Championships in Kamloops last week.
In other news, Courtenay golfers Mark Valliere (Crown Isle) and Matthew Hamilton (Capilano) are in action this week at the June 12-15 B.C. Amateur Championship at The Dunes in Kamloops.
THE LAST WORD
“It’s designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything is new again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains comes, it stops, and leaves you to face the fall alone.”
– Bart Giamatti, on baseball
