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Two years after she was first diagnosed with Stage 3 melanoma and a few months after she posted in her online blog last June that the cancer had spread to her brain, Coquitlam trampoline gymnast Tamara O’Brien died on Oct. 15. She was 22.

Although it’s early, it still looks good to see your name atop a national poll.

Their parents probably already know this, but Coquitlam’s Polisi brothers are all-stars. Again. Matteo and Marcello Polisi have been named to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference first all-star team.

First place in the BC Hockey League’s overall standings will be on the line Wednesday at 7:15 p.m., when the Penticton Vees visit the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex to meet the league-leading Coquitlam Express.

Massimo Rizzo scored the game winner 2:15 into overtime to give the Coquitlam Express a 4-3 win over the Surrey Eagles, Friday at the South Surrey Arena.

BCHL team to give free admission to Saturday game in exchange for a new blanket for those in need

A 28-7 loss to the Notre Dame Jugglers in the junior varsity quarter-finals Thursday may have ended the football season at Centennial secondary, but it hasn’t diminished hope for a brighter future for the sport at the school.

The cold weather didn't cool off the Douglas College Royals, although it didn't help. The men's soccer team wrapped up the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association championships last Saturday with a disappointing 1-0 loss to the Champlain St.

Dante Fabbro is a man in demand this week.

Clay Stevenson made 34 saves, and five different teammates of his scored goals as the Coquitlam Express defeated the Cowichan Valley Capitals, 5-0, Saturday in Cowichan.