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Five past champions have confirmed their intention to challenge for the $2 million purse at the 2012 CN Canadian Women's Open being held Aug. 20-26 at Coquitlam's Vancouver Golf Club , it was announced Monday.

Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs rebounded from two straight losses to post a pair of lopsided victories last weekend. The Jr.

Nash Harrison's goal with fewer than five minutes remaining gave the PoCo Saints a stunning 3-2 triumph over the Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs in a B.C. Junior 'A' lacrosse league game Wednesday at Poirier Sports Complex.

Two Coquitlam teams were playing flag and took home banners at last weekend's 2012 B.C. Community Football Association provincial spring football tournament.

If there was a team set to thwart the high-scoring Langley Thunder, it was the Coquitlam Adanacs . And sure enough, the A's riddled them Wednesday.

Coquitlam's Ruky Abdulai took her first steps toward this summer's London Olympics last Wednesday night at the Lafarge High Performance meet scheduled for the Swan Track at Rotary Stadium.

Riverside Rapids have sent another high school female basketball standout up stream to Simon Fraser University.

A minor softball umpire and soccer referee in Coquitlam for more than 40 years, 80-year-old Mike Orason prefers to talk about anything but himself.

PoCo Saints captured the hotly contested 12-team Midget division as Tri-City teams dominated the Trevor Wingrove Memorial minor lacrosse tournament last weekend at Poirier Sports Complex.

A pack of Port Coquitlam girls will represent Team BC at the Canadian national girls box lacrosse championships July 29 to Aug. 2 at Victoria's Bear Mountain Arena.