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The Coquitlam Adanacs spotted the Burnaby Lakers a 5-4 lead at the end of the first period, but then scored the next 10 goals to win their sixth straight BC Junior A Lacrosse League game Wednesday at the Poirier Sports and Leisure Complex.

The biggest problem facing the Coquitlam Adanacs as they head into their Western Lacrosse Association season that begins Saturday at 7 p.m. when the Burnaby Lakers visit the Poirier Sports and Leisure Complex isn’t new.

The Coquitlam Adanacs are still perfect. The BC Junior A Lacrosse League team won its fifth game in as many starts Tuesday, defeating the Delta Islanders 13-6 at the Poirier Sports and Leisure Complex.

A pair of golfers from the Tri-Cities helped the University of British Columbia women’s golf team win the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) women’s golf championship last Friday.

Coquitlam’s Dante Fabbro has a goal and an assist for Team Canada, which defeated the United States 3-0 on Tuesday to advance the quarter-finals of the IIHF World Hockey Championships in Slovakia.

First the Port Coquitlam Saints were flopped, then they were felled. The Saints lost consecutive BC Junior A Lacrosse League games over the long weekend, 8-6 Friday to the New Westminster Salmonbellies and 10-6 to the Nanaimo Timbermen on Saturday.

An intense, physical 42-15 win over the Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils could be just preparation the Riverside Rapids need for their AAA Tier 2 high school rugby semi-final Thursday against Southridge secondary in White Rock.

Softball gave Mary-Anne Walz an education. It also took her around the world, to play on diamonds in Taipei, Australia, New Zealand as well as dusty infields across North America.

The Centaurs are coming.

All the pitch is a stage, and Riley McCartney is merely a player.