Teams from Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam dominated at the female box lacrosse provincial championships held July 6-9 at the PoCo and Port Moody rec centres.
Coquitlam won gold in the Junior, Bantam A and Pee Wee divisions while the Midget girls team from Port Coquitlam capped a perfect 35-0 season by winning their third provincial title. Port Coquitlam’s Pee Wee team also won a silver.
A number of local players won individual honours at the tournament. Coquitlam’s Jordan Baxter was awarded the Warrior Most Valuable Player for the Pee Wee division and Keira Scott and PoCo’s Gillian Lapierre were named to the division’s all-star team.
Coquitlam’s Katrina Robinson and PoCo’s Kayla Scott made the Bantam “B” all-star team.
Teagan Ng, of Coquitlam, was the Bantam “A” division’s MVP and was also named to the all-star team along with PoCo’s Isabella Irvine.
In the Midget division, PoCo’s Natalie Gane was named MVP and her teammate Danielle Stroup made the all-star team.
Coquitlam’s Bianca Santucci was awarded the MVP for the junior division and she was also a tournament all-star, along with PoCo’s Julie Spooner.
Local players who were awarded for fair play in the tournament included Scott and Lapierre, Ella Bowden, Jessie Schubert, Nicole Goble, Brianna Bruce, Faith Alandi and Britny Kalanj.
