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Richmond's Caleb Clarke is in Florida this week after being named to the Canadian U20 men's roster for a pair of upcoming CONCACAF friendlies. Canada is scheduled to play Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday and the two teams will also meet next Tuesday.

Every child dreams about competing in something or becoming someone special. Some dream about being in the seventh game of the Stanley Cup Finals with the game on the line in overtime.

It's a good bet the rest of the season won't get much tougher than Friday night for the Hugh Boyd Trojans.

Richmond's Katherine Chan captured the recent B.C. Bantam Girls Golf Championship at the Merritt Golf and Country Club. The 12-year-old scorched the Merritt layout in her final round, carding a five-under-par 67 for a four under total (73-67-140).

Under new head coach Aaron Wilbur, the Richmond Sockeyes will open their pre-season schedule tomorrow night with a road encounter against the Aldergrove Kodiaks.

Red Hot Selects standouts part of program that will have team in MWSL

Sison Jung will study in faculty of arts, kinesiology

A pair of Richmond hockey players have been named to Female U18 Team BC, which will be competing at the 2012 U18 national women's championship in Dawson Creek Nov. 7-12.

Three summers ago, Nathan Alalouf was on the verge of being on the outside looking in at rep hockey. Last week, he was more than holding his own with the top up-and-coming goaltenders in B.C. and Alberta.

Richmond native and former Vancouver College standout Isaiah Solomon will be continuing his basketball career with the UBC Thunderbirds men's team this fall.