Local Sports

Momentum is a finicky matriarch. For two games, the New Westminster junior Salmonbellies were holding the power-shifting edge, delivering a pair of back-to-back losses to defending B.C.

It was a doozy of a matchup a year ago. The New Westminster Salmonbellies and Maple Ridge Burrards took it to seven games, with the final going into double-overtime before the visiting ’Bellies exited with the win.

Road woes have become road rolls for the New Westminster junior A Salmonbellies.

There was just a single win in it for Team Scotland, but by competing against the best at the FIL world field lacrosse championships over the past two weeks in Israel, there were definite victories for those wearing the plaid.

New Westminster’s Katelyn Stewart-Barnett, Ella Foster and Donovin MacCumber delivered the hardware last week at the B.C. Summer Games in Duncan. Competing for Zone 4, the track and field trio combined for 11 medals, including five gold.

The New Westminster junior girls Salmonbellies had a goal, and it turned into gold. The squad completed the boxla season in style earlier this month by edging Port Coquitlam 7-6 in the provincial final to capture B.C. bragging rights.

A big festival of competition, camaraderie and celebration of sports will bring 244 members of Team B.C. to Antigonish, N.S., for the 2018 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games.

The Coquitlam junior Adanacs jumped out to a quick start and protected that lead effectively, beating the New Westminster Salmonbellies 9-3 in a feisty Game 1 of their best-of-seven B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League final on Wednesday.

A furious start set the tone, and some tight, gritty defence down the stretch put in the puncuation mark as the New Westminster Salmonbellies stopped the Maple Ridge Burrards 12-6 on Tuesday.

Charting the new personal bests of his athletes is keeping Royal City Track and Field Club coach Sean Dixon busy.