Local Sports

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.

Shutouts seldom happen in lacrosse. Nick Rose and the Coquitlam Adanacs darn near nabbed one Saturday.

Coquitlam's Mathew Barza l has been named co-winner of the 2012 Hockey Now Minor Player of the Year award. The honour, which Barzal shared with North Vancouver's Jansen Harkins, is handed out annually to a B.C.

Co quitlam native David Otterman went from Philadelphia to Milwaukee on Tuesday in about the same time it took him to go out and get a cup of coffee.

Port Coquitlam's Jessica Cichos was named a recipient of the inaugural TELUS bursaries, Ringette Canada revealed Monday. The TELUS bursaries provide five scholarships of $1,000 each toward post-secondary education for those who've performed strongly.

Coquitlam Minor Lacrosse Association's Trevor Wingrove Memorial Tournament runs this weekend at Poirier Sports Complex. The event features 24 of the top teams in B.C. in three age divisions -- Peewee (11-12), Bantam (13-14) and Midget (15-16).