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North Van brothers claim five medals at nationals

WEST Vancouver golfer Alix Kong dominated the field to win the British Columbia Juvenile Girls Championship by 15 strokes at Myrtle Point Golf Club in Powell River Aug. 17-19.

Shaw at home plate for largest ever LLWS crowd

North Shore athletes helped Team British Columbia top the medal count at the 2011 Western Canada Summer Games held Aug. 5-14 in Kamloops. Team B.C.

WEST Vancouver golfer Alix Kong dominated the field to win the British Columbia Juvenile Girls Championship by 15 strokes at Myrtle Point Golf Club in Powell River Aug. 17-19.

North Shore Girls Soccer Club head coach Alistair Browne stays calm in the middle of a soccer swirl at newly christened North Shore Bubble soccer facility.

New race uses GPS to follow trail riders

NORTH Vancouver's James Dergousoff won six individual gold medals in the 14-year-old division at the Canadian Age Group Swimming Championships held earlier this month in Montreal

It was a play that will be remembered and talked about for years by the thousands of fans crowded around North Vancouvers Zuehlke Park on the evening of Aug. 12 for an all-B.C. semifinal in the Canadian Little League Championships.

NORTH Vancouver's week-long baseball showcase ended with blue skies and a blowout as B.C. champs Langley topped Quebec's Valleyfield 11-0 in the final of the Canadian Little League Championship Saturday at Chris Zuehlke Memorial Park.