Local Sports

Eight members of the Port Coquitlam-based Triumph club achieved enormous success at the big International Taekwon-Do Federation Northern BC National Championships held recently in Prince George.

After getting smacked around in two games Saturday against the first-place Nanaimo Pirates, the Coquitlam Reds connected for a doubleheader sweep Sunday of the fourth-place Parksville Royals in B.C. Premier Baseball League action on Vancouver Island.

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.