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It’s a good thing Samantha and Jack Kerr get along. Because a sibling spat between the two teenage archers could involve an apple on someone’s head at 20 paces. Samantha, 15,was the first to pick up a bow and arrow.

Coquitlam’s Mathew Guidi says winning a national volleyball championship with the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds was “a dream come true” even though he had to experience much of his senior season from the bench because of injuries.

Scott Barden wants to be a lawyer. But his word is already the law when he’s working the plate or base paths as an umpire for Coquitlam Little League.

The Greater Vancouver Comets are a step closer to the Esso Cup after the Coquitlam-based team defeated the Fraser Valley Rush Saturday at Planet Ice to win the Female Midget AAA hockey championship in two straight games.

Port Coquitlam’s Alia Stachoski pitched a complete game to lead the Simon Fraser University Clan to a 5-3 victory over Notre Dame de Namur Sunday in Turlock, Calif. It was the Clan’s only win against four losses at the Tournament of Champions.

History repeated itself for Coquitlam figure skater Larkyn Austman at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships that concluded in Milan, Italy over the weekend.

Greg Lunde is in transition. But that suits him just fine. Every spring the Terry Fox secondary school grad transitions from playing field lacrosse for the Simon Fraser University Clan to the darker, closed confines of the box game.

Dawson Ballard’s Royal City/Coquitlam Curling Club team will represent British Columbia at the Canadian U18 boys and girls championships in Saint Andrews, N.B., April 9 to 14.

This is what underdogs do. Barely making it into the playoffs on the final weekend of the regular season, the Vancouver Northeast Chiefs knew what everyone else expected to happen in the B.C. Major Midget Hockey League’s first round of the playoffs.

As Danae Robillard prepares to embark on her final season of high school soccer at Centennial secondary, she knew she didn’t want to stray too far from home after it’s done.