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Coquitlam's Nicholas Umbachhas earned a berth at the B.C. Winter Games as part of the Tyler Tardi rink out of Langley. Umbach is third on the rink that outlasted Matthew McCrady's Port Coquitlam rink at the juvenile playdown in Chilliwack.

The BCHL's most explosive offence ran out of gas Sunday afternoon in Prince George as the Coquitlam Express saw their six-game unbeaten streak come to an end.

Coquitlam's Nathan George has raced his way into the record book. The Trinity Western University sprinter set a new meet and school record for the 300 metres at Alberta's Golden Bear Open last week in Edmonton. George's time of 34.

There's still more than two weeks left in the Pacific Junior Hockey League season, but the Port Moody Panthers are looking at each game as if it's their last.

Kids in the Tri-Cities are invited to take their best shot at a Knights of Columbus competition. The fourth annual free throw championship will be held Feb. 2 from 1-4 p.m. at Archbishop Carney regional secondary school.

Richmond's Darryl Neighbour is on the hunt for a spot in the national team as he heads to Montreal for the 2014 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championships.

A Tri-City gymnast is among the nominees for B.C. athlete of the year. Port Coquitlam's Kyle Carragher is a finalist for the male junior athlete of the year.

Coquitlam Metro-Ford TnT had to get past a familiar foe in their first league championship game in U15 girls soccer. Kaisha Markiewicz scored in the final minute to give TnT a 1-0 win over the PoCo FC Fury.

The No. 1 provincial ranking placed a bull's-eye squarely on the backs of the Gleneagle Talons. And the Heritage Woods Kodiaks were happy to play giant-killer at the Pitt Meadows Air Show senior boys basketball tournament on the weekend.

Coquitlam's Brianna Delmaestro knows that sometimes fractions can make a world of difference.