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The Terry Fox Ravens and Semiahmoo Totems will both be playing for their second consecutive titles at Saturday’s BC Secondary School AAAA girls basketball championship at the Langley Events Centre.

Massimo Rizzo scored a pair of goals and added two assists to lead the Coquitlam Express to a 5-1 over the Langley Rivermen in the first game of their best-of-seven BC Hockey League playoff series, Friday at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex.

NHLers reflect on a once-in-a-generation goal that netted Canada gold

The Terry Fox Ravens will play the sixth-ranked Yale Lions in tonight’s late semifinal at the BC High School AAAA girls basketball championships at the Langley Events Centre.

With the Ron Boileau trophy as the BC Hockey’s regular season champions already on the shelf, the Coquitlam Express added more hardware on Wednesday.

During his long tenure coaching at the midget, Junior A and Major Junior levels, Jason Fortier has seen one element as a common ingredient for the teams that found success: character. He believes his Coquitlam Express has it in spades.

Coquitlam’s Caroline Dong won four gold medals in short track speed skating events at the BC Winter Games last weekend in Fort St. John. Dong took the top step in the 400m and 1500m girls short track events, as well as the 2000m point race.

It wasn’t the result they wanted, but it was the kind of test they can take to the bank. Although the Centennial Centaurs came up short in a 76-69 loss to the No.

The Surrey Eagles may be more than 30 points behind the Coquitlam Express in the BC Hockey League standings, but they did enough Wednesday to defeat the league’s regular season champions, 3-1, in its final home game at the Poirier Sport and Leisure C

The Coquitlam Express will meet a familiar foe in the first round of the BC Hockey League playoffs. The league’s regular season champions opens its post season against the Langley Rivermen, which finished fourth in the Mainland division.