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Move over, Don Cherry. Make way for the Coquitlam Peewee C5 Chiefs.

Four Tri-Cities tennis players will represent Canada when it competes with France at the Junior Davis Cup exhibition singles and doubles match tomorrow (Saturday) at UBC.

Port Coquitlam resident Bruce Langford had no idea what to say when he was informed last week that he'd been inducted into the Basketball BC Hall of Fame. "Am I supposed to retire?" the 60-year-old Langford said laughingly of his initial response.

Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs went through a recent ownership change. Now they have a new head coach to boot. Neil Dinsdale takes over Coquitlam's bench boss duties from Curt Malawsky, who stepped down after guiding the Jr.

Luca Antongiovanni knocked in two goals to guide Coquitlam Metro-Ford Shakhtar to a 4-1 triumph over the Port Moody Selects in a boys Under-11 cup soccer game Saturday.

Coquitlam Express continue to power their way up the B.C. Hockey League standings -- literally.

Two Coquitlam products were members of the Simon Fraser Clan women's 200-metre medley relay squad that broke an 18-year-old meet record at a dual university swimming competition with Washington's Puget Sound Loggers on Saturday on Burnaby Mountain.

Sure, the Coquitlam Adanacs addressed their need for a righthanded shot at Monday's Western Lacrosse Association draft. Just not with the first overall pick.

Despite his team owning the coveted No. 1 overall selection, Coquitlam Adanacs rookie general manager Randy Delmonico appears to have the toughest job heading into Monday's Western Lacrosse Association junior draft.

The big man on the Terry Fox secondary school campus made big news earlier this week when he signed a scholarship offer to play football with the University of Idaho Vandals of the NCAA Div. 1 ranks.