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Vivien Symington feels she never reached her full athletic potential when she was younger because her family moved so often as her father pursued academic and work opportunities in Scotland, England, Vancouver, Seattle and Kingston.

Playing quidditch in a book store may have been taking the game’s literary roots a little too, er, literally.

The New Westminster Salmonbellies scored the first five goals and the Port Coquitlam Saints never recovered as they lost their BC Junior A Lacrosse League game, 10-6, at Queen’s Park Arena on Tuesday.

Going into the season, Larry Moro knew his Centennial Centaurs senior girls soccer team was good enough to be among the best in the province.

Revenge can be a powerful motivator. In fact, the Terry Fox Ravens senior boys rugby team used it to power their way to the AAA Tier II provincial final Saturday in Abbotsford where they defeated Penticton secondary 30-20.

The Coquitlam Adanacs are riding high. A 12-5 win over the Langley Thunder Friday at the Poirier Sports and Leisure Complex was their eighth in a row.

The Coquitlam Adanacs bounced back from a 14-6 loss in Victoria Friday to win their first home game of the Western Lacrosse Association season Saturday, 10-9 over the New Westminster Salmonbellies.

Martial arts helped get Zahra Haeri out of the house.

The Americans are coming! Three teams from the US Box Lacrosse Association (USBOXLA) will be among 28 teams competing at the Trevor Wingrove Memorial Lacrosse Tournament, to be held at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex June 8-11.

A cancer diagnosis didn’t end Marko Marconato’s hockey dreams. It just altered them a bit.