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An offensive explosion from defenceman Marc Biega helped the Coquitlam Express snatch a pair of wins from the first-place Langley Rivermen. Biega notched a pair in a 3-2 win in a Sunday matinee at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex.

The stars of yesteryear will join the stars of tomorrow at Saturday night's Coquitlam Express game. Many of the all-time favourite Vancouver Canucks will be on hand when the Express host the Cowichan Valley Capitals.

Ronald Lam wasn't content to play it safe at the Winter University Games. The Coquitlam figure skater landed his first-ever quad, not once but twice, to finish sixth overall at the games held in Trentino, Italy Dec. 11-21.

Sometimes the breaks just don't go your way. And the Coquitlam Express knew early that last Friday was going to be one of those nights. The Express fell behind early with Powell River scoring three times in the first 7:39 on their way to an 8-3 win.

After two years competing on the cycling circuit Jackson Pickell's skills are reaching high gear. The 17-year-old Port Coquitlam rider turned in a top-20 performance earlier this year at the national championships in Lac-Megantic, Que.

The Riverside Rapids went 3-1 at last week's Tournament for Emily but the real winner was Children's Hospital. The senior girls basketball tournament, hosted by Riverside, Terry Fox and Archbishop Carney, raised more than $8,000 for the charity.

When Denver Sparks-Guest is ready to move on to the next level, he doesn't have far to go. The 6'5" guard with the Gleneagle Talons has committed to attend Simon Fraser University next fall.

Port Coquitlam's Riverside secondary is quickly becoming a factory for SFU's women's basketball program. Vanessa Gee is the latest from the Rapids' roster to be making a jump to Simon Fraser.

A Coquitlam sprinter has chased down the award for the province's top junior on the track. Nathan George was named the 2013 junior male track and field athlete of the year at the B.C. Athletics awards banquet Dec.

The Terry Fox Ravens used a dramatic fourth-quarter comeback to snare bronze at the REB Invitational Jasper Place Basketball Tournament in Edmonton over the weekend. A sluggish start left the Ravens down 10 points to Edmonton's No.