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Coquitlam product Sydney Leroux netted the game's lone goal as the Vancouver Whitecaps FC women raised their record to 2-0 via a 1-0 victory over the Seattle Sounders in their home opener Sunday before 1,555 fans at Percy Perry Stadium.

Cassandra Gill pumped in three goals as PoCo blanked Port Moody 5-0 to claim bronze at last weekend's Adanac Peewee girls lacrosse tournament. Erica Berg and Heidi Robinson also scored for PoCo, with goalie Erica McLaren nabbing game MVP honours.

It's no surprise on the Coquitlam Adanacs when goals come from big guns like Dane Dobbie, Daryl Veltman and Jason Jones.

The difference between first place and eighth in the 13-team B.C. Premier Baseball League was most apparent Sunday. Sixteen runs.

Tri-City trampoline and tumbling athletes had a solid showing when more than 165 gymnasts converged on the Port Coquitlam Recreation Centre for the Western Canadian championships last weekend.

After both teams suffered disappointing losses earlier this week the Centennial Centaurs and Charles Best Blue Devils bounced back with convincing wins Wednesday in the girls' soccer AAA Fraser Valley championship tournament.

The Coquitlam Sr. Adanacs will begin their quest for the Mann Cup tonight at the Bill Copeland Arena, where the squad will take on the Burnaby Lakers.

This week in our series on Vancouver sport fishing personalities we look at Earl Anderson. Known for creating the Anderson stonefly nymph in 1960, Anderson had other achievements to his credit.

Craig Hodge/the tri-city newS Anna Bateman of Port Moody middle competes in the long jump during the Middle School Track Meet at Town Centre Stadium Wednesday afternoon.

North Delta Hawk Daryn MacDougall, left, checks Matthew McKnight of the Coquitlam Adanacs during a Novice 'C' lacrosse game at the North Delta Recreation Centre on Sunday.