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I know it doesn't feel like it, but summer started last Thursday, marking this as the first official long weekend of the summer.

Coquitlam Reds are on roll. The squad won their fiifth straight B.C. Premier Baseball League game Sunday following a doubleheader sweep of the Vancouver Cannons at Mundy Park. The result boosted the Reds to 19-17 in seventh spot in the 14-team loop.

PoCo Saints stayed step for step with the hard-charging Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs for one period Wednesday. Then the Jr. A's got an earful and kicked it into overdrive.

Coquitlam Reds are on roll. The squad won its fifth straight B.C. Premier Baseball League game Sunday following a doubleheader sweep of the Vancouver Cannons at Mundy Park.

Dane Dobbie fired in five goals and added two assists to carry the Coquitlam Adanacs to a 12-4 romp Saturday over the Langley Thunder in a Western Lacrosse Association contest at Poirier Sports Complex.

Port Coquitlam Saints have moved up in the national Junior A Lacrosse Top 10 rankings after besting the Burnaby Lakers 9-6 last Friday in PoCo. The BCJALL Saints moved to ninth place, ahead of the Okotoks Raiders from Alberta.

Coquitlam golfer Jisoo Keel has been granted a spot on the Team British Columbia roster for the 2012 Royale Cup Canadian Junior Girls' Championship, being held July 31 to Aug. 3 at River Spirit Golf Club in Calgary.

A Coquitlam Express player was selected for the 2012 NHL Entry Draft this past weekend at Consol Energy Centre in Pittsburgh. Express forward Alex Kerfoot was taken in the in the fifth round, 150th overall by the New Jersey Devils.

Four players pumped in three goals apiece to pace the Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs to an emphatic 18-4 triumph Wednesday over the Delta Islanders in a B.C. Junior A lacrosse league game at Poirier Sports Complex.

Na than George tore up the track at the B.C. high school provincial championships earlier this month in Burnaby. Now, he's bolting clear to Langley -- and perhaps beyond, one day.