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Coquitlam Adanacs dominated the Western Lacrosse Association individual awards but they are no longer dominating the Victoria Shamrocks.

B eating the Victoria Shamrocks is one thing. Having a New Westminster Salmonbellies' cast-off help do it for the Coquitlam Adanacs is simply a pleasant bonus.

Before the Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs punch their tickets to Whitby, Ont., they have to squeeze past Delta first. That's exactly what the Jr.

Tory Nyhaug of Coquitlam made a tactical error Wednesday but he's looking to learn from it when he pedals into the quarter-finals Thursday (tomorrow) in BMX cycling at the London 2012 Olympics .

Fittingly, they did it on the B.C. Day long weekend. Team BC, featuring a large contingent of girls from the Tri-Cities, captured gold in both the Midget and Bantam divisions at the Canadian national female box lacrosse championships July 28 to Aug.

Robert Church's third goal of the game four minutes into overtime boosted the Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs to a thrilling 8-7 victory Monday over the Delta Islanders in a B.C. Junior 'A' lacrosse league playoff game at Poirier Sports Complex.

The only thing hotter than Bear Mountain Arena on Saturday was the play of Coquitlam Adanacs ' goalie Nick Rose .

Backed by outstanding defensive play and brilliant goaltending by MVP Ian Damberger, Port Moody tripped Juan de Fuca 10-8 in last weekend's 'B' final at the B.C. Intermediate provincial box lacrosse championships in Burnaby.

* Gina Rogers, mother of Coquitlam gymnast Brittany Rogers , will be contributing a blog regularly for The Tri-City News during the London 2012 Olympics. The following is her fourth installment: This Olympic journey has been simply the best.

Coquitlam's Mathew Barzal was among 28 male hockey players to be short-listed for potential participation on Team BC at the 2012 Western Canada Under-16 Challenge Cup set for Nov. 1-4 in Calgary, it was announced Tuesday.