Local Sports

Clarke Edsell "Ted" Peck, one of Vancouver's and BC's most well-known anglers and outdoorsman, was and remains a man of mystery.

The defending Minto Cup-champion Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs kept the pedal to the metal by opening their B.C. Jr. 'A' lacrosse league season with a pair of wins -- although they nearly ran out of gas Wednesday versus the Langley Thunder.

Coquitlam product Michael Krgovich, a Jr. 'A' Express alumnus and current Coquitlam Jr. Adanac lacrosse player, has committed to play university hockey with the Simon Fraser Clan beginning next fall.

Gina Fabbro scored twice within six minutes in the second half to lift the Centennial Centaurs to a 3-1 win over Terry Fox in a Fraser Valley North AAA senior girls high school soccer league game Wednesday.

Stick-wielding kids have long been spotted darting and deking on city streets, and in parking lots, lacrosse boxes and community centres. Now ball hockey is hitting the high schools.

Coquitlam's Trevor Garafano fired a better final- day score than Victoria's Alex Cartwright and, because of it, shot his way Sunday to the to a berth in the International Junior Masters golf tournament this summer in East Aurora, N.Y.

A warm, family atmosphere will be in the works at the Coquitlam FireFit Championships taking place Saturday, May 7 at Coquitlam Centre Mall.

Coquitlam's Calvin Craig (Gleneagle) pumped in 10 goals and added four assists as the Simon Fraser Clan blasted the Washington Huskies 24-8 in a university men's field lacrosse tilt Saturday in Seattle.