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Courtenay鈥檚 running duo of Robyn Dicesare and Cathy Livsey spent the end of their summer holidays competing in an epic endurance running challenge called the Gore-Tex Trans Rockies Run in Colorado.

The Comox Valley Glacier Kings' roster has yet to be finalized as the 2011-12 Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League exhibition season fast approaches.

Taylor Green had a taste of Major League Baseball on the weekend

Former Comox Valley Minor Hockey League player Bree Anne Healey is raising money for the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation by playing in the Longest Hockey Game in the World Aug. 26 to Sept. 5 in Burnaby.

Grant Compton has a tendency to break his age when he steps onto a golf course. The 85-year-old shot a 74 last weekend at the Crown Isle club championship, good for the low net win in the Super Seniors 70-plus age group. His score was just one shot behind low gross winner Ramsay Poucher, a spring chicken in his early-70s.

He started out at local ball diamonds before moving on to the provincial and college ranks. This season, Carter Bell has stepped up to professional-level baseball with the Yakima Bears of the Class A Short-Season Northwest League.

With an unblemished record heading into playoffs, it鈥檚 yet to be seen whether another team in the Comox Valley Sports & Social Club鈥檚 intermediate tier beach volleyball league can get on enough of a roll to steal a set, let alone a win from Ross Mackinnon鈥檚 powerhouse team called KFed鈥檚 Revenge.

An unbeaten regular season is in the books for Toast, who came through in the crunch to win 13-11 and 13-7 in their final tune-up games before Monday's playoffs in the Comox Valley鈥檚 Ultimate Frisbee league.

Taylor Green has been ripping the cowhide off the baseball with the Nashville Sounds of the AAA Pacific Coast League.

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