Local Sports

The Coquitlam Cheetahs ' girls 4x400-metre relay squad did much more than merely finish second at last weekend's UBC Open track and field meet. It set a provincial record.

N othing is new regarding the Coquitlam Reds ' basic philosophy entering another B.C. Premier Baseball League season. Win.

T he USA-Canada Challenge Under-17 four-game field hockey series last week ended in a 2-2 deadlock. Despite that, Coquitlam product Paige Hamilton felt she personally came out a huge winner.

Zachary Umbach of Coquitlam was part of Team BC's Juvenile men's curling team that claimed the bronze medal at the Optimist International Under-18 championships April 4-8 in Mississauga, Ont.

Riverside Rapids host the Terry Fox Ravens in an all-PoCo battle tomorrow (Thursday) in a Fraser Valley North AAA senior girls high school soccer league game, 3:30 p.m. Centennial Centaurs visit the Dr.

Constantine Kudaba of Port Coquitlam scored twice in the final minute to lift Canada to a thrilling 11-10 triumph Monday over the former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia at the men's water polo Olympic qualification tournament in Edmonton.

Cara Lukawesky of Coquitlam pitched a complete-game shutout to spark the Simon Fraser Clan to a 2-0 triumph and a doubleheader sweep Monday of the St. Martin's Saints in university women's softball action in Lacey, Wash.

Trevor Garofano of Coquitlam finished tied for fourth among 20 golfers in the Boys 17-19 age division in a Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour event which wrapped up Sunday at Surrey's Morgan Creek Golf Course.

It is renewal time, your B.C. fishing licence has likely expired and your Washington state licence needs a new stamp at the end of the month.

Olympics-bound Coquitlam cyclist Jasmin Glaesser spun her way to a pair of medals Thursday at the 2012 UCI Track World Championships in Melbourne, Australia.