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Two lopsided post-season defeats have ended the Kamloops NorthPaws’ inaugural West Coast League baseball campaign.

Prior to Wednesday, there were only seven players who could boast back-to-back Canadian Junior Boys Championship titles. Jean-Philippe Parr from St-Célestin, Qué, has added his name to the list as the eighth.

The Kamloops Tsunami hosted the Okanagan Regional Swimming Championships on the weekend at the Brock Pool.

Kamloops NorthPaws' head coach Cole Armstrong: "We put up a dud. Flat out. It wasn’t good.”

Kamloops Canoe and Kayak Club athletes have qualified to compete in the Canoe Kayak Canada Sprint Championships, which will run from Aug. 23 to Aug. 28 in Shawinigan, Que.

Matonovich posted a time of 2:13.24, crossing the finish line .27 seconds ahead of Gabriella Ruggeri, the Ontarian who earned the silver medal.

Canada is slated to begin pool play at the rescheduled 2022 World Junior Hockey Championship on Wednesday against Latvia.

Dodd and his sister, Kristina, were in action in June at the Trampoline World Cup in Coimbra, Portugal. Gavin claimed bronze and Kristina placed fifth in DMT.

Norbrock Stadium promises to be hopping on Tuesday, when the expansion Kamloops NorthPaws host a West Coast League post-season tilt for the first time franchise history.

Kamloops Track and Field Club athlete Ethan Katzberg won silver in hammer throw on Saturday at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. Katzberg, 20, threw a personal-best 76.36 metres to place second.