Local Sports

Port Moody's Chris Tomkinson of the Pacific Rim Multisport Triathlon Club placed fifth in his age group (men's 40-45) and 26th overall among 785 finishers at the Oliver Half-Iornman on Sunday.

Kevin Riley zipped in two goals, including the winner, as the Port Moody Bandits bounced the Ladner Pioneers 5-3 in a Wester Coast Sr. 'B' lacrosse league game Sunday.

After getting robbed Friday in Victoria, the Coquitlam Adanacs returned home Saturday to withdraw two points from the goal-bankrupt Burnaby Lakers.

It was a photo finish and, by George, he won -- by a whisker. Nathan George of the Centennial Centaurs edged Brendon Restall of Victoria's Oak Bay by a mere one-100th of a second to win the boys 200-metre sprint final Saturday in the B.C.

Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils and the Centennial Centaurs both finished the B.C. AAA senior girls high school soccer championships in dramatic fashion Saturday in Kamloops.

Led by the sizzling play of Jessie Keel, the Gleneagle Talons claimed top spot in the B.C. high school golf provincials May 30 and June 1 at The Dunes course in Kamloops.

Port Coquitlam Midget girls team out-scored their three opponents by a whopping 35-5 aggregate to take top spot at the Dorothy Robertson minor lacrosse tournament last weekend in New Westminster.

If this year's Canada national junior volleyball team is any indication, the future of the CIS-champion Trinity Western University men's volleyball team is incredibly bright. So is that of Coquitlam's Derek Thiessen.