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A 15-3 win Monday over the previously unbeaten team representing Ontario has given the Coquitlam All-Stars a guaranteed spot in Friday’s semifinals at the Canadian Little League championships in Ancaster, Ont.

Relaxation may be good for the soul, but for the Coquitlam All-Stars, it was also fuel for a 6-1 victory over Alberta Sunday at the Canadian Little League championships in Ancaster, Ont. It was the team’s third victory in as many games.

The Coquitlam Adanacs are BC Junior A Lacrosse League champions, but the big prize is yet to come. The Adanacs defeated the Victoria Shamrocks 10-7 Sunday to win the best-of-three league final in two straight games.

The Coquitlam Adanacs led 11-1 at the end of the first period and rolled to a 15-5 win over the Victoria Shamrocks, in the first game of their best-of-three league final, Saturday at Coquitlam’s Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex.

The Toronto Raptors’ championship run has put a bounce in local basketball programs. Daniel Depelteau, the executive director of the boys’ elite program at Excel Basketball in Coquitlam, said the Raptors’ NBA championship has created a buzz.

A two-run double by Timothy Piasentin in the fifth inning broke open a 1-1 tie as the Coquitlam All-Stars defeated the Glace Bay Cardinals 6-4 Friday at the Canadian Little League championships in Ancaster, Ont.

For the second time in less than two months, the Lower Mainland’s lacrosse community has been touched by tragedy. And it’s pulling together to try to help out.

Timothy Piasentin and Kainoah Brankovic hit back-to-back home runs to spark the Coquitlam All-Stars, representing British Columbia, to an 11-0 win over the host team from Ancaster in their opening game at the Canadian Little League championship on Th

Coquitlam’s Euna Han set a new course record with a 64 Wednesday to lead the 65th Canadian junior girls golf championship being played at the Lethbridge Country Club in Lethbridge, Alta.

Tri-City athletes climbed the podium in several events at last week’s Canadian Track and Field Championships, held in Montreal. Port Coquitlam’s Kaila Butler finished second in the women’s hammer throw. Her best toss was 63.60 metres.