Sports

Coquitlam Adanacs’ Nic Payette checks Langley Thunder’s Bryce Johannes in June 18 game at Aldergrove Arena. Langley won this game 6-4 at the 35th annual Dennis Hickey Lacrosse Tournament.

Aldergrove’s Mitch Hamm of Shortreed School gets some good “air” in the long jump event as Parkside and Shortreed schools go head-to-head in a track meet last week.

On June 26 the first annual Aldergrove Freedom Run 5000, a 2-, 5- and 10-km walk and fun run will take place.

Aldergrove Jays’ Dayton Edwards is safe at home in the peewee A baseball game versus Abby Athletics, June 11 at Aldergrove Athletic Park. The Jays won this game 15-7 to sit at the top of the league.

Aldergrove Secondary presented the school’s year-end top athlete awards last week.

Aldergrove's Kirsten Toth is a gold medal winning hockey defender.

Round 2 of the Monster Energy Motocross Nationals, which returned to beautiful Vancouver Island at the Wastelands in Nanaimo, turned out to be more or less a rerun of Round 1 with Yamaha Red Bull Blackfoot Fox Racing’s Colton Facciotti and Tyler Medaglia taking home the bacon.

Aldergrove’s Connor Hunter was awarded the Bill Turpin Trophy by Turpin himself, for being the top rugby player in Langley.

Aldergrove hosted a 48-team slo-pitch tournament over the weekend. Above, Aldergrove Ballz of Steel player Shelley Refter makes it safely to third base in a win over Langley’s Good Lookers team.