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When Coquitlam Express defenceman Ben Israel took a two-minute penalty early in the second, the Surrey Eagles could be forgiven for thinking it was an opportunity to expand their 3-1 lead.

The Port Moody Panthers will look to begin its climb out of the Pacific Junior Hockey League basement when the Richmond Sockeyes come to town on Saturday.

It was a tale of two halves when the Coquitlam Wildcats took on the South Delta Rams on Sunday in peewee football. Coquitlam jumped out to a 6-0 lead and played two solid defensive quarters against the higher division team.

Coquitlam cyclist Sandra Walter can check off another item on her bucket list.

The Port Coquitlam Eurorite Inferno stretched their winning streak to three games on Sunday, after the U17 girls' soccer team defeated the Vancouver Westside Warriors.

The Coquitlam Express moved to within one point of first place in the BCHL's Mainland Division after winning three games in a row over the weekend.

The Coquitlam Chargers mauled the White Rock Titans 47-7 in bantam football action Sunday. It was the second straight win for the Chargers who used a big second-half comeback to down the Cloverdale Leopards 28-13 last week.

Port Moody's Navid Mashinchi earned Canada West player-of-the-week honours for helping the UBC Thunderbirds soccer team to a pair of wins over the weekend.

An accident and a fog-shrouded Okanagan Connector couldn't slow down the Terry Fox Ravens. The Ravens walked onto Kelowna's Apple Bowl a half-hour before game time and hit the ground running in Friday's clash against the Mt. Boucherie Bears.

A power failure with the man advantage proved costly for the Coquitlam Express. The Express went 0-for-10 on the power play as they dropped a pair of weekend games to the visiting Prince George Spruce Kings.