Team BC selects several PG athletes for Canada Summer Games

Ten athletes from Prince George will represent BC during this month’s Canada Summer Games in St. John’s Newfoundland.

Team BC consists of over 400 athletes who will compete in 19 different sports over the 18-day event.

In Artistic Swimming, Kennedy Moore of PG is the lone northerner to be selected. Zahra Ngabo of the Northern Bounce Academy will participate in basketball.

Team BC’s men’s U-23 softball team has no shortage of local flavour, which includes Caleb Falk, Aidan Heggelund, Joel Henry, as well as Cameron and Colby Jefferies.

The men’s softball team finished second at the U-23 category during the John Cho Cup in Prince George.

Tyler Dahl is representing the northern capital in volleyball while Brooke Perepeluk and Caleb Emon are competing in Athletics (Track and Field).

The Summer Games run from August 8th to 25th.

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Brendan Pawliw
Brendan Pawliw
Since moving to Prince George in 2015, Brendan has covered local sports including the WHL’s Prince George Cougars, Prince George Spruce Kings, UNBC Timberwolves, Cariboo Cougars AAA, and Northern Capitals U18 female hockey teams. Career highlights include play-by-play during the Spruce Kings' BCHL championship runs in 2018 and 2019, including the Doyle Cup win. He also covered the 2019 National Junior A Championship, the 2017 Telus Cup, the 2022 World Women’s Curling Championship, and the 2022 BC Summer Games. Brendan is the news voice on 94.3 The Goat and Country 97 FM, reporting on crime, real estate, labour, and environmental issues. Outside of work, he officiates box lacrosse and fastball, sits on the Prince George Sports Hall of Fame board, and co-hosts the Hockey North podcast.

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