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Smoke-Clogged Skies: Head Coach and Race Summer

smoke-clogged skies: I think we're ready to shock some people here, I really do, according to Vancouver Courier. Canada, one of 16 teams battling for the prestigious Little League World Series title, opens play Friday against Latin American representative Panama. And Mike Marino, the head coach of Canada's representative this year in Williamsport the Whalley Major Allstars from Surrey, B.C. believes he has the perfect team to do it.article continues below Trending Stories How a Romanian pop singer's quirky ode to Vancouver became a viral hit Vancouver man claims he was targeted by police because of his race Summer wild fires and smoke-clogged skies the new normal in B.C. Jean Swanson sentenced to jail time over pipeline protest To be honest we're pretty confident, Marino said Wednesday in a phone interview with The Canadian Press. Whalley advanced to the annual international tournament by winning the Canadian championship last weekend in Mirabel, Que., going undefeated on a title run that was capped with an 11-0 mercy rule win over Nova Scotia on Saturday. They've spent a whirlwind week practising at the complex, doing interviews with ESPN, and going through scouting drills with the Baseball Factory. The team arrived at the Little League complex in Williamsport described by Marino as like Disneyland on steroids for baseball people on Sunday night after an eight-hour bus trip from Montreal. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.