Local Sports

The Coquitlam Adanacs' drive for a perfect playoff performance hit a roadblock Wednesday night. The New Westminster Salmonbellies downed the Adanacs 14-9 at the Palace on Poirier to force a Game 4 in the B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League finals.

Pitt Meadows' Kevin Kwon finished on top at the 2013 Canadian Junior Boys Golf Championship. Kwon led from wire-to-wire at last week's event at Timberwolf Golf Club in Sudbury, Ont. His 12-under 276 (64-74-69-69) gave him a five-stroke victory.

The Tri-City Bandits outlasted the Ladner Pioneers 9-8 in Game 2 of the West Coast Senior Lacrosse Association final. Ladner opened the series with a 10-4 victory at home. Game 3 will be Thursdayin Ladner with Game 4 set for 8 p.m.

At 15 years old, David Norman has already seen more of the world than most. And this week the Coquitlam teen adds Mexico City to his travel list as he joins the Canadian National Men's U15 soccer team for the 2013 Copa Mexico de Naciones.

The Coquitlam Adanacs scored provincial gold at the B.C. Intermediate B lacrosse championships last weekend in Maple Ridge. Coquitlam edged Juan de Fuca 6-5 in the gold-medal game.

Tri-City families will soon have the chance to get some amazing deals on sports equipment while helping their neighbours get into the game. The KidSport Tri-Cities used sporting goods sale is set for Aug. 17 at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex.

A second-period explosion helped lift the Coquitlam Adanacs past the New Westminster Salmonbellies 9-7 in the first game of the B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League finals.

Swimmers from around the province will soon begin flooding into the Tri-Cities. More than 1,200 athletes and hundreds of coaches and volunteers will be in Coquitlam next week for the B.C. Summer Swimming Association Provincial Championships.

A pair of Tri-City hockey products have found new homes. The Vancouver Canucks have signed Port Coquitlam's Zach Hamill. Hamill played his minor hockey in Port Coquitlam, before moving on to the Everett Silvertips in the Western Hockey League.

Coquitlam's Tory Nyhaug rode to a fifth-place showing at the 2013 International Cycling Union BMX World Championships Sunday in Auckland, New Zealand.