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KRIS Pretula (left) of the Kelowna Kodiaks battles Courtney of the Victoria Dreams in the final of the Western Canada Street Soccer Championships played recently at North Vancouver's Norsemen Field.

Youngest player on pitch scores winning points

CANADA'S top wheelchair basketball players, headlined by West Vancouver's Janet McLachlan, will be at the Richmond Olympic Oval this weekend for the 2012 National Championships.

Youngest player on pitch scores winning points

SPRING is in full swing and so are the North Shore's littlest ball players. All seven of the North Shore's leagues, part of B.C. District 5 Little League, are now up and running following opening day ceremonies held on diamonds across the district.

PROVINCIAL berths are on the line this week in senior girls AAA soccer. On Monday Handsworth will go on the road to take on Burnaby North with the winner advancing to the B.C. championships. Game time is 3 p.m. at Burnaby North.

Windsor grad laughs off a little draft day confusion

LOWER Mainland rugby playoffs come to a boil this week and, as usual, North Shore teams are doing most of the stirring. In senior boys AA action Rockridge and Collingwood will meet in an all-North Shore final Thursday, May 17 starting at 4 p.m.

NORTH Vancouver buddies Giancarlo Cusano and Benito Colangelo started a men's soccer team three years ago and they've been winning ever since.