Team BC heats up the second day of competition

The Canada Summer Games were certainly living up their motto “The Hottest Summer in Half a Century” today in Winnipeg with temperatures soaring well above 30 degrees.

Team BC was back in action on the hardwood, the diamond, the beach, the lake, and the trails.

Basketball
It was a split result for basketball again today with the men taking a confident win over Team Nova Scotia 87-64.  The women had a tough opponent in Team New Brunswick and fell 75-63.

Baseball
Team BC was up against the 2016 National Champion Team Saskatchewan and battled strong but came up just short with a 3-2 loss.

Beach Volleyball
It was a great start for Team BC Beach Volleyball with the men and women both taking wins.
Women: 
Team BC vs Team Saskatchewan  21-7, 21-10
Men: 
Team BC vs PEI 21-12 21-10
Team BC vs Team Nova Scotia 21-19, 18-21, 17-15

Cycling
The mountain biking competition got underway today at the Bison Butte Mountain bike course built specifically for these Games.  Five of the six Team BC athletes finished with top 10 results against stiff competition.
Men’s Cross Country: 8th – Holden Jones (Squamish), 9th – Sean Fincham (Squamish), 10th – Rhys Harley Verner (Squamish)
Women’s Cross Country : 7th – Emily Unterberger (Revelstoke), 10th – Julia Long (Whistler), 11th – Lucy Schick (Gibsons)

Sailing
Racing began in sailing on Lake Winnipeg for the Team BC sailors.  After the completion of three races on day one Team BC sits in the top four in the laser, 2.4 para, and the 29er categories.

Softball
Team BC battled through another two games today taking a 4-3 loss to Team PEI but, rebounded with a strong 7-0 win against host Team Manitoba in the evening match up.