Local Sports

The Vancouver Northeast Chiefs launch into the semifinals of the B.C. Major Midget Hockey League playoffs like an Elias Pettersson howitzer shot.

Kids may be off school for spring break, but the learning never stops. Especially when it comes to physical literacy.

Coquitlam’s Hayato Sato fell just short of leading his Royal City rink to a provincial U18 curling championship. Sato lost Sunday’s final at the Juan de Fuca curling centre in Victoria, 9-4, to Erik Colwell’s Kamloops/Vernon/Invermere foursome.

The team skipped by Coquitlam’s Hayato Sato is headed for a final draw showdown at the U18 provincial curling championships at the Juan de Fuca Curling Centre in Victoria.

Coquitlam’s Grant Galbraith scored five points as his Langara Falcons lost their opening round game to the Holland Hurricanes at the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association men’s basketball championships being held at the Langley Events Centre.

Coquitlam’s Jasmine Lew finished third in the women’s long jump competition at the U Sports indoor track and field championships at the University of Manitoba. Lew’s longest leap was 5.

Coquitlam’s Grant Galbraith is front and centre in promotional material for the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association men’s basketball championship that begin today at the Langley Events Centre.

The big league aspirations of Port Coquitlam pitcher Curtis Taylor will have to wait a little longer.

Fresh off winning a gold medal in the men’s curling competition at the Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, Alta.

At first, Jade Lee didn’t want anything to do with taekwondo. Now she’s a Canadian junior champion. Lee won her title in the 44 kg weight class at the national junior championships, held in Quebec City in January.