Local Sports

The pre-season loss to the New Westminster Hyacks will be on the minds of the Centennial Centaurs as they open the playoffs at Mercer Stadium tonight.

Joey Santucci netted the winner in the Coquitlam Express' 4-3 win over the visiting Surrey Eagles Wednesday.

Sara Haghighat Joo, a Coquitlam girl who fights out of the Maple Ridge Boxing Club, came back with a silver medal from the national championships in Regina, Sask.

The Riverside Rapids fell just short of knocking off the province's top-ranked girls volleyball team at the 14th annual Red Serge Classic. The Rapids put a scare into the No.

Three third-period goals weren't enough to erase a large lead as the Coquitlam Express dropped their fifth straight, losing 6-4 to the visiting Alberni Valley Bulldogs Friday night.

The Coquitlam Chargers maintained their hold on first place with a 29-6 win over the Cloverdale Leopards Sunday at Mackin Park.

The Tri-Cities' excellence in gymnastics shone through when Gymnastics BC honoured the province's top athletes, coaches and volunteers at its annual awards banquet last weekend.

Cameron Slaymaker of the Coquitlam Cheetahs capped off an impressive season by winning the 10-year-old boys Provincial Cross-Country Championships at Clearbrook Park in Abbotsford last weekend.

The third period hasn't been kind to the Coquitlam Express. The Express watched third-period leads slip away as they dropped a pair of home games over the weekend.

Riverside secondary plays host to the 14th annual Coquitlam RCMP Red Serge Classic Senior Girls volleyball tournament this weekend.