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University Baseball

Elgin Park's Claire Eccles, a UBC softball player, will pitch for the Victoria HarbourCats' men's baseball team this summer. (Photo -- Baseball Canada)
Feature University Baseball University Softball

UBC softball’s Claire Eccles set to pitch against the guys, HarbourCats sign southpaw knuckler

May 16, 2017Howard TsumuraComment(0)

Claire Eccles throws a pitch that makes batters buckle at the knees. On Tuesday, one of those rare days when your passions and your dreams come together in historic fashion, Eccles could be excused for feeling a little wobbly herself at times.

Roan Allen gave up pitching for the javelin, and now the UBC rookie has booked his ticket to the national championships. (Richard Lam/UBC athletics)
Feature University Baseball University Track and Field

Roan Allen: Bye, bye baseball, hello throws as UBC rookie takes javelin to nationals

April 6, 2017April 6, 2017Howard TsumuraComment(0)

VANCOUVER — The best pitch that Roan Allen ever made?

UBC senior Connor Noble has been a bulldog on the mound for the 2017 Thunderbirds. (Photo - Bob Frid/UBC athletics)
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UBC pitcher Connor Noble: On Hendrix, experience and life as the ‘Birds staff ace

March 30, 2017Howard TsumuraComment(0)

VANCOUVER — Connor Noble is soft-spoken by nature, yet give him the ball on game days and he’ll show you an edge and a level of grit that in musical terms might best be described as ballsy blues rock.

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