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When the New York Rangers drafted former Port Moody resident Adam Tambellini last Sunday, they were choosing more than just a name synonymous with hockey excellence.

There has been a major shakeup within the Coquitlam senior Adanacs' organization: four players defected to other teams in the 11th hour of the trade deadline - and general manager Randy Delmonico was fired in the aftermath.

This week's heat wave will help Port Moody's Kris McCrea acclimatize to the plus 30-degree Celsius temperatures in Porto, Portugal, where he will be competing in the U19 beach volleyball world championship July 11 to 14.

Port Coquitlam hockey product Evan Campbell had the quintessential Canada Day weekend: while enjoying a family barbecue on Sunday afternoon, he got a text saying he had been drafted by the Edmonton Oilers.

Coquitlam's Sydney Veljacic will be mixing business with field hockey prowess when she arrives at the University of Maine for the start of her full-ride athletic scholarship this fall.

A foursome from the Tri-Cities rounded out the leaderboard on the last day of the 2013 B.C. Golf Women's Amateur Championship on Thursday (June 27).

Coquitlam native Dante Fabbro has been named B.C. Minor Hockey Player of the Year by Hockey Now magazine. The award is open to 2013 bantam-draft eligible players who are B.C. Hockey League members and enrolled at an educational facility.

Some late inning offence helped the Coquitlam Reds take down the North Shore Twins on Tuseday night. The Twins were the first to get on the board after Geoff Ehresman batted Mitch Grisbrook home in the top of the second inning.

The roaring Langley Thunder were reduced to a whimper Wednesday night, when the B.C. Junior 'A' Lacrosse League club visited the Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs Tuesday night.

The Archbishop Carney Stars limped into the playoffs during last weekend's B.C. AA High School Soccer Championships but they were able to post wins when it counted.