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McAllister: Smith leaves for school wearing a red championship hockey hat

“Tanner Smith (Ripley, Ont.) has an awful lot of kilometres to cover for entering the same sacred space Larry Walker occupied as one of Canada’s most-decorated sandlot stars.

The teenager from the small municipality of Ripley near the shores of Lake Huron in southwestern Ontario has higher credentials than the National Hall of Fame and Canadian Hall of Fame outfielder, however, when it comes to the art of stopping pucks.

Smith, who is off to Bryant and Stratton College in Akron, Ohio this summer to pitch and play the outfield for the NJCAA Division 2 Bobcats, put a rather tidy bow on his minor hockey career in late March by backstopping the Huron-Bruce Blizzard to the Ontario Minor Hockey Association under-18 Tier 2 championship in Halton Hills, Ont. “

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UBC keeps postseason going with runner-up finish at conference championship

“It was a beautiful day at Tourmaline West Stadium, the sunshine providing the backdrop to a pair of exciting Cascade Collegiate Conference Championship baseball games.

When the dust settled, it was the Lewis-Clark State Warriors who prevailed as CCC champions, defeating the UBC Thunderbirds in the final game. That came after the T-Birds had beaten the Oregon Tech Owls earlier in the day, securing their spot in the upcoming NAIA Baseball Championship Opening Round.”

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