The 2017 Canada Summer Games will begin this Friday with the Opening Ceremonies at Bell MTS Place in Winnipeg.

Team Manitoba will have the hometown advantage as 330 of the province's best young athletes, along with 54 coaches, 22 managers, three tech support, and 31 Mission Staff will gather in familiar surroundings to compete in 16 sports over the duration of the Games.

Clayton Dreger asked Winkler's Tristan Peters, who is on Team Toba's baseball roster, how much he's looking forward to the games


Team Manitoba will play its round robin opener against Nova Scotia Saturday at Koskie Field.