North Vancouver's Janet McLachlan led the Canadian Women's National Wheelchair Basketball Team to gold at the 2010 Paralympic Cup held recently in Manchester, England.

In the championship game McLachlan led all players with 24 points, 16 rebounds, seven assists, two steals and three blocks as Canada rolled to a 62-46 win over the Netherlands. McLachlan averaged more than 24 points and 16 rebounds per game in the tournament.

The Canadian team is back in action now at the 2010 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships running July 7-17 in Birmingham, England. Both the Canadian men's and women's teams are defending world champions. The women are looking for their fifth straight world title.

McLachlan's national team heroics followed another MVP performance in leading the B.C. Breakers to an upset win over the Edmonton Inferno in the 2010 Women's Canadian Wheelchair Basketball League national championship final.

The win ended the Inferno's string of six consecutive national titles. McLachlan was named tournament MVP after scoring 15 points and grabbing 17 rebounds as B.C. defeated Edmonton 50-43.

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North Vancouver's Ivan Hartle earned a host of honours in helping his Iowa Western Community College Reivers win the National Junior College Athletic Association Div. 1 World Series held last month in Grand Junction, Colo.

Hartle scored the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning as Iowa Western defeated San Jacinto College 5-4 in the championship final to claim the school's first-ever NJCAA Div. 1 title.

Hartle was named tournament MVP after batting .400 with six RBIs, 10 runs and three home runs in the tournament. He was also named to the all-tournament team and selected as the defensive player of the tournament thanks to his 1.000 fielding percentage in 25 chances at second base.

The honours didn't stop there for Hartle. After the season the former Canadian Junior National team player was named the NJCAA Div. 1 defensive player of the year as well as a Gold Glove Award winner.

Next year Hartle will take the field for Western Kentucky University in the NCAA's Div. 1 Sun Belt Conference.

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