Local Sports

Swimmers from the Tri-Cities continue to make a splash for the Simon Fraser University Clan swim team.

The Coquitlam Express will have an opportunity to put a little breathing space between them and the Langley Rivermen when they play the Silverbacks in Salmon Arm tonight. The can also put a stop to their four-game losing streak.

The Simon Fraser University women’s soccer team unveiled its newest crop of commitments for the 2019-2020 season, led by a pair of Burnaby products.

Terry Fox Ravens’ boys basketball coach Brad Petersen is a firm believer that if he makes the going tough, the tough will be going to the provincial championships.

Everyone knows too much salt is a bad thing. In lacrosse circles, Salt can be especially bad for opposing offences.

Port Coquitlam horse trainer Christopher Lancaster has won a prestigious O’Brien Award as a future star in Canadian harness racing. The awards, that recognize the best trainers and racers in the sport, were presented Saturday in Mississauga. Ont.

A 1-0 loss to Langley Saturday has slimmed the advantage the Coquitlam Express have over the Rivermen in the battle for third place in the BC Hockey League’s Mainland division to two points. Langley has a game in hand.

A pair of power play goals by the Chilliwack Chiefs’ Matt Holmes was the difference in their 4-2 win over the Coquitlam Express Friday at the Poirier Sports and Leisure Complex.

Port Coquitlam pitcher Curtis Taylor will be headed to the Tampa Bay Rays spring training camp in Port Charlotte, Fla., Feb. 13, as a non-roster invite. He is ranked among the top 50 young prospects for the Major League Baseball team.

Coquitlam long jumper Jasmine Lew is already hitting her stride as a freshman with the University of Toronto Blues track and field team. Lew, a grad of Heritage Woods secondary school in Port Moody, recently jumped a personal best 6.