Local Sports

New Westminster drew first blood in the B.C. Junior Lacrosse League rivalry with Coquitlam. The junior A Salmobellies won their season home opener, defeating the Adanacs 10-8 at Queen's Park Arena on Tuesday.

It takes an individual with unique talents to row competitively. A person needs to be strong, tall and athletic in order to race along the water in the narrow row boats.

Royal City Soccer Club's Westminster United under-15 boys will take on the Killarney All-Stars in the Coastal B Cup final at Minoru Stadium in Richmond on Sunday. Game time is 9: 20 a.m.

United Rugby Club was beaten 13-5 by Burnaby Lake in a Women's premier rugby semifinal last weekend. United got a measure of revenge in Division 1, earning a spot in the final following a 27-7 win over Comox.

The Burnaby Winter Club put three players from its Tier 1 bantam A1 hockey team into the first round of the Western Hockey League bantam draft on Thursday.

Central Park Horseshoe Club is looking for new members. Members are in attendance from Monday to Saturday from 1 to 2: 30 p.m. Wednesday is fun night from 6 p.m. to dusk. Juniors play for free.

Senior attack Riley Loewen earned a second career Conference Carolinas player of the year honour after helping lead Limestone College to an undefeated league field lacrosse season last week.

The B.C. Aquasonics senior national stream team won a silver medal in the senior FINA team free event at the Canadian Open Synchronized Swimming Championships in Quebec City last weekend.

The New Westminster Salmonbellies got a lesson in the importance of solid goaltending. The junior A Salmonbellies came out on the short end of an 1110 score in their season-opener against the Victoria Shamrocks.

Quebec's new development female hockey program paid instant dividends following the province's first-ever national Esso Cup title.