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The Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils were unable to repeat as B.C. AAA boys soccer champions and the Archbishop Carney Stars saw last year's silver turn to bronze at the AA boys championship.

He's right at home on the ice and wraps more gifts than Santa Claus, but June 27 is the date that's marked on Adam Rockwood's calendar. The nifty Coquitlam Express centre is one of nine B.C.

The Coquitlam Chargers laid claim to the B.C. bantam football championship with a 35-0 win over the Richmond Raiders Saturday night. Martin Norman opened the scoring for the Chargers who held a 7-0 halftime lead.

The Port Moody Lordco Gunners men's teams sit atop three of four Fraser Valley Soccer League divisions. The Premier team took over top spot with a 3-0 shutout over North Delta in a first-place showdown last Friday night.

The Riverside Rapids punched their ticket to the AAAA girls provincial volleyball championships. Riverside lost 3-1 to top-ranked South Delta in Monday's gold medal match at the Fraser Valley championships.

Coquitlam's Kurt Mortensen is quickly making a name for himself in B.C.'s motocross circuit. The 16-year-old won racked up a first place showing in the intermediate class of the British Columbia Off Road Racing Championship series.

Even a driving rain couldn't slow down the Terry Fox Ravens. The Ravens conquered both the weather and the Centennial Centaurs with a 45-0 win in the B.C. high school football quarterfinals last Friday night at Percy Perry Stadium in Coquitlam.

Missed opportunities came back to haunt the Coquitlam Express Sunday afternoon.

Hockey fans can expect plenty of fireworks at Friday's matchup between the Coquitlam Express and Langley Rivermen. The BCHL-leading Rivermen head into the Poirier Sports and Leisure Complex at 7 p.m.

The Coquitlam Chargers advanced to the bantam championship game with a convincing win over the Cloverdale Leopards.