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Lions Park in Abbotsford

The competition of Abbotsford All-Stars

Abbotsford Angels Hardball Association hosted its annual Mosquito Baseball All-Star game on Saturday afternoon capping off a day of skill challenges.


 

Legend at stadium

As a kid growing up in Maple Ridge, Larry Walker dreamed of one day playing goal for the Canucks, but after being cut as a junior prospect from Kelowna and Regina, he opted for baseball.


 

Big names in baseball return to Hammond Stadium

Maple Ridge will be hosting an elite-level men's baseball tournament at Hammond Stadium from May 16 to 21.


 

Coming out to happiness

Collins carved out a chunk of history on Monday when he published a first person article on Sports Illustrated's website revealing that he is gay.


 
Joe Barbaro

Centre turns man's life around

The burly man adorned in a red ball cap and St. Louis Cardinals baseball jersey was able to mask the nerves coursing through him as he made his way through a room inside the Caring Place Thursday.


 
Lachlan Fontaine of the North Shore Twins

Fontaine takes aim at pro ball

IN terms of his amateur baseball career, North Vancouver's Lachlan Fontaine has already blasted his way around first, second and third base and all that's left now is to see if he gets waved in to make the final charge home.


 

Van Ostrand presented IBAF award

Richmond native and longtime senior national team member Jimmy Van Ostrand has been named the International Baseball Federation's (IBAF) Senior Athlete of the Year for 2012.


 
Chadwick Boseman

Jackie Robinson tale clears all the bases

- 42. Directed by Brian Helgeland. Starring Chadwick Boseman and Harrison Ford.


 

A school for the 21st century

Comprising grades 8 to 12, DSS offers a broad range of courses and programs, including academic, technology, career preparation, fine arts, athletics and more.


 
Team Canada teammates Justin Morneau

Diamond dust-up no highlight for PoCo slugger

The plunking may have been immortalized in sports and YouTube highlights, but for Rene Tosoni it was merely immediate and then a blur.


 

Tosoni takes the heat at baseball classic

For Rene Tosoni and the rest of Team Canada, the World Baseball Classic was a rare chance to take to the diamond for your country.


 

'Sixteen' Sinclair still scoring with fans

MY little two-year-old son wants to play soccer like a girl and I think that's just wonderful.


 
David Esworthy

Langley sports icons could have new home

Should Langley immortalize its most athletic residents in a new, local sports hall of fame?


 

Out of shadows of abuse, emerges hope

He searched for a way to dull the pain associated with being sexually abused by a Big Brothers volunteer from Langley.


 

Let the Games begin

Abbotsford has won the bid to host the 2016 BC Summer Games.


 
Port Coquitlam's Rene Tosoni

Tosoni targets fresh start with Brewers

It isn't a long way from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Milwaukee - just 480 kilometres, to be precise.


 

Van Ostrand named to Canadian roster for World Baseball Classic

Richmond's Jimmy Van Ostrand has been named to Canada's roster for the upcoming World Baseball Classic.


 

Richmond City Baseball celebrating 50 years

The 2013 campaign promises to be a golden one for the Richmond City Baseball Association.


 
The Coquitlam Adanacs

Of gridiron triumphs and boxla setbacks

There were accomplishments aplenty by local athletes and teams in 2012, from teenage gridiron stars who rolled undefeated through a long football season to be crowned provincial champions, to the Coquitlam junior Adanacs' fourth straight Minto Cup run - and second straight runnerup status.