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Port Coquitlam's Kristina Collins was among 11 Simon Fraser University student-athletes to be named recipients of the NCAA Div. 2 Athletic Directors Academic Achievement Award, it was announced Friday.

Despite a rare Nick Rose gaffe and his team's inability to bury the Victoria Shamrocks on an extended powerplay in the third period, the Coquitlam Adanacs won Wednesday. Somehow, they won. And that's all that matters.

M ost high-calibre golfers count every stroke they play on a course. Jisoo Keel only does it when she has to - like when she toils in the 2012 CN Canadian Women's Open championship running next week at Coquitlam's Vancouver Golf Club .

If there was any consolation for the Coquitlam Redlegs , they pushed the eventual B.C. Junior Premier Baseball League playoff champs to the brink. The Redlegs fell 1-0 in Sunday's semifinals to the Victoria Jr.

Twenty Port Moody Aquarians ' swim club members qualified last weekend in Burnaby for the B.C. provincial summer swimming championships this weekend in Nanaimo. By division, they include: Div.

Dane Dobbie and Nick Rose were paramount in helping the Coquitlam Adanacs deliver a crucial 10-9 triumph Tuesday over the Shamrocks in Victoria. It was Mark Negrin who played hero, however.

T wo of the Tri-Cities' trio of Olympic medallists came home to a heroine's welcome Monday while the other stayed to travel Europe for a month.

Andrew Murphy was a one-man wrecking crew as the Tri-City Bandits steamrolled over the Valley Rebels in three straight games to capture their fifth straight West Coast Senior 'B' lacrosse league playoff championship.

The dynasty continues. Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs captured their fourth straight B.C. Junior 'A' lacrosse league championship via a 9-4 thrashing Thursday of the Delta Islanders at Poirier Sports Complex.

Team BC put up a strong fight but couldn't fend off host Ontario in the final of the Canadian Peewee national box lacrosse championships last week in Whitby. The B.C.