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or young athletes in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, there is no shortage of local sports heroes to look up to. In every sport imaginable, it seems a local resident has ascended to the highest levels imaginable.
Stars of Yesterday Debbie Brill Brill and her signature “Brill Bend” technique won a pair of gold medals in the high jump at the Commonwealth Games, first in 1970, and then in 1982, after returning to the sport just five months after giving birth to her first child. Brill also took gold in the 1971 Pan American Games, and finished fifth at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Larry Walker The name Larry Walker is synonymous with baseball here in Maple Ridge, and for good reason. During his 16-year career in the majors, Walker was a five-time all-star, seven-time Golden Glove winner, three-time Silver Slugger winner, and the National League MVP for 1997. Walker’s career was hampered by injuries, but his numbers are none-the-less impressive: .313 batting average, 1,311 RBIs, and 383 home runs. Greg Moore Greg Moore, a graduate of Pitt Meadows secondary, won five races in his Indy Car racing career. Sadly, Moore’s career was cut short after
only four seasons when he was killed in a violent crash at the Marlboro 500 in Fontana, California on Oct. 31, 1999. Moore’s family donated to the Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation, money that was used to build the state-of-theart emergency room that now bears his name.
Junior Championship and a pair of Stanley Cup championships. Ladd was named captain of the Atlanta Thrashers last season, and will likely be the team’s leader after they move to Winnipeg. Ladd has 208 points in 402 NHL games, including a career-high 59 points last season with Atlanta.
Cam Neely Hockey-Hall-of-Famer Cam Neely spent much of his early life bouncing from town to town, but the Neely clan finally settled down in Maple Ridge, and it is here that Bam Bam Cam still considers to be his home town. After an NHL career with the Vancouver Canucks and the Boston Bruins where he amassed 694 points in 726 games, Neely is now the president of the Boston Bruins organization.
Stars of Today Andrew Ladd Ladd graduated from Maple Ridge secondary and has developed a reputation for winning in his hockey career thus far, having won a World
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Brandon Yip After winning the NCAA national hockey championship with the Boston University Terriers in 2009, Yip successfully transitioned to the NHL later that year, scoring 19 points in 32 games with Colorado Avalanche in 2009/10. Yip topped those numbers last season. Brendan Morrison Morrison also won an NCAA national championship, with the University of Michigan Wolverines in 1996, as well as the prestigious Hobey Baker award in 1997 as the NCAA’s top hockey player before making the move to the NHL. Although he was drafted by the New Jersey Devils, Morrison is most well known for his
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