Local Sports

The Heritage Woods Kodiaks field hockey team went into last week’s provincials looking to improve on the 13th place standing they achieved last year. They did just that.

Giving up four power play goals cost the Coquitlam Express, as they dropped their third BC Hockey League game in a row, 6-2, to the Surrey Eagles Sunday at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex.

Simon Fraser University senior captain Tessa May capped a stellar volleyball career by being selected to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference All-Conference team for the fourth straight year.

Terry Fox Ravens junior varsity quarterback Key’Shaun Dorsey rewarded his coach’s confidence in him by leading the senior team to a 35-21 victory over the Notre Dame Jugglers in their BC Secondary Schools Football Association Subway Bowl quarter-fina

The Coquitlam Express clawed their way back to within a goal of the Victoria Grizzlies 12 minutes into the third period but they could get no closer as they dropped their BC Hockey League game 6-3 Friday at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex.

The last time the Terry Fox Ravens played football against Notre Dame at BC Place, in 2016, they won the Subway Bowl provincial AAA championship.

In the end, drama ruled the day.

Sammy Hunter might just be the best local basketball player you haven’t heard of. Yet. Hunter, 17, took a giant leap to shedding his cloak of anonymity on Wednesday when the 6’9” small forward signed to play at Ole Miss (a.k.a.

Their six-game win streak is kaput. But the Vancouver Northeast Chiefs are hungry to start a new winning run on the heels of a sobering loss and tie.

It took Coquitlam’s Warren Slaght until middle age to become a world class athlete. That’s when he noticed all the competitors finishing with him at triathlon races were younger than his 61 years.