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A new women's course record in the third round propelled Port Coquitlam's Anica Yoo to victory at the B.C. junior girls golf championship last week at Osoyoos Golf and Country Club.

Story submitted by Tyler Olinyk The stage was set for the final, a heavyweight rematch from round robin play: Coquitlam versus White Rock.

Head coach Nick Delmonico told The Tri-City News on Wednesday that his PoCo Saints ' offensive cast needed to "step up a little" in order to for the squad to stay alive in the playoffs.

I t was nearly a decade ago that Troy Ward successfully recruited Ben Street to the University of Wisconsin. Next season, he may finally get to coach him.

PoCo Saints played plenty well enough defensively to win Wednesday but, offensively, they deserved not to. Then again, neither did the Langley Thunder.

Six Tri-City athletes captured medals and were among 37 members of the Hyack Swim Club team that won top age group honours at the B.C. Long Course AAA provincial championships last weekend in Richmond.

Port Coquitlam's Brenden Silvester has committed to join the Simon Fraser University Clan men's hockey team next fall, it was announced Thursday.

Tory Nyhaug is one resilient athlete. After rupturing his spleen for the second time in less than two years, earlier in May, the young BMX star from Coquitlam has now officially been named to the Canadian Olympic Team .

Port Coquitlam's Soo-Bin Kim finished second Friday but still won a spot on Team BC for the Royale Cup Canadian women's amateur golf championship July 24-27 in Lethbridge, Alta.

Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs clinched first place and the PoCo Saints clinched a playoff spot. The Jr. A's wrapped up the B.C. Junior 'A' lacrosse league season with a 14-11 triumph Sunday over Victoria Jr. Shamrocks at Poirier Sports Complex.