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Tri-City golfers make move on junior tour

A pair of Tri-City golfers turned in impressive performances at a Canadian junior golf tour event last week in Cloverdale.

A pair of Tri-City golfers turned in impressive performances at a Canadian junior golf tour event last week in Cloverdale.

Shayne LaRochelle, 17, of Coquitlam, came close to winninghisfirst Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour event, carding a 75-72-73-220 at Cloverdale's Northview Golf Course. LaRochelle tied for second with Port Coquitlam's Howard Lee, 18, (70-74-76-220) two shots back of Edward Metcalfe of Surrey, in the Junior Boys 17-19 division at the MJT Odlum Brown Classic-PGA of B.C.

Ethan Harris of Coquitlam was among the winners of the Golf Town Comeback Award for best second-round improvement.

At the B.C. Amateur Championship at Copper Point Golf Club in Invermere, Kevin (Suk Woan) Ko of Coquitlam used a 6-under-par third round to finish at even par and tie for 12th place (69-76-64-75-284). Gunntas Sidhu of Port Coquitlam (74-74-68-73-289) and Henry Lee of Coquitlam (73-70-71-75-289) finished tied for 21st at 5 over par.