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The Paralympic dream of a wheelchair tennis player from Anmore is getting more real. Thomas Venos, 20, recently competed at his first major multi-sport event, the Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru.

The Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs are looking for a new head coach. The team announced Wednesday Pat Coyle is stepping down “to focus on his other commitments.” He is currently the coach and general manager of the Natonal Lacrosse League’s Colorado Mammoth.

A fifth straight world indoor lacrosse championship for Canada will have to go through the Tri-Cities.

Tuesday’s National Lacrosse League draft in Philadelphia was a Kodak moment for Port Coquitlam’s Ryland Rees.

The Centennial Centaurs will go into Friday’s opening game of their BC Secondary School Football Association’s regular season with something the team hasn’t had in three years — a win in its back pocket.

Saturday’s home opener for the Coquitlam Express will be extra special for one rookie forward.

Freshman Kiara Buono is getting chances, but so far the Centennial secondary grad has yet to score for her Simon Fraser University Clan women’s soccer team. Unfortunately, neither have her teammates.

PACIFIC FC 1 FC EDMONTON 0 Kadin Chung grew up playing soccer in Port Coquitlam, but also watching Vancouver Canucks hockey. This is Canada, after all.

While the major rainstorm that was forecast held off, dozens of riders still got down and dirty at Saturday’s annual Donkey Cross cyclocross race in Port Coquitlam’s Castle Park.

Clay Stevenson made 39 saves to lead his Coquitlam Express to a 3-0 win over the Surrey Eagles, Friday at the South Surrey Arena. It was the veteran goaltender’s first shutout of the BC Hockey League season that came with a huge emotional toll.