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Coquitlam Adanacs pushing the pace for first place in BCJALL

The Coquitlam Adanacs are riding high. A 12-5 win over the Langley Thunder Friday at the Poirier Sports and Leisure Complex was their eighth in a row.
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ELAINE FLEURY PHOTO Coquitlam Adanacs' Dylan Chand and Langley Thunder's Andrew Gresham battle for position in their BC Junior A Lacrosse League game, Friday at the Poirier Sports and Leisure Complex. The Adanacs won the game 12-5.

The Coquitlam Adanacs are riding high.

A 12-5 win over the Langley Thunder Friday at the Poirier Sports and Leisure Complex was their eighth in a row. But they’re going to have to keep winning if they’re to solidify their position atop the BC Junior A Lacrosse League standings.

That’s because the New Westminster Salmonbellies are also racking up victories. They’ve won four in a row since their only loss of the season so far, two weeks ago to the Adanacs. They’re now just two points behind Coquitlam with a game in hand. But by the time the two rivals meet again next Tuesday at Queen’s Park Arena they’ll be on even terms in games played and could be in the standings as well.

Against the Thunder, Coquitlam was able to avenge its only loss of the season by taking a commanding 4-1 lead into the first intermission. They built on that by outscoring the visitors 4-2 in the second period and again in the third.

Thomas Semple scored twice and added five assists to lead Coquitlam’s offence. Dennon Armstrong scored four times and pitched in with one helper. John Hofseth also had a five-point night with a goal and four assists.

Coquitlam hosts the sixth-place Delta Islanders tonight (Wednesday) at the Poirier Sports and Leisure Complex. They then travel to Nanaimo on Saturday to play the Timbermen in advance of their showdown with New West.

The Salmonbellies played the PoCo Saints on Tuesday, then Langley and the Victorian Shamrocks prior to next week’s date with the Adanacs. New West currently has the league’s second-best offence with 126 goals, and its stingiest defence, having allowed only 56 goals in 10 games.

A furious comeback in the third period fell just short for the PoCo Saints in a 9-7 loss to the Victoria Shamrocks at the Q Centre on Saturday.

The visitors outscored their hosts 5-2 in the final frame, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the 7-2 hole they’d dug themselves. The Saints, who fired 54 shots at Victoria keeper Spencer Erwin, are now four points behind the Shamrocks for fourth place in the BCJALL standings. But PoCo does have three games in hand.