Local Sports

Canada's BMX racer Tory Nyhaug of Coquitlam finished seventh in the Super TIme Trial finals today (Friday) at the second UCI BMX SuperCross of 2012 in Norway,another important event for Olympic qualifications.

Alex Kerfoot of the Coquitlam Express was rated 165th as the NHL Central Scouting Bureau released its final rankings Monday of the top 210 North American skaters in preparation for the 2012 NHL entry draft June 22-23 in Pittsburgh.

Former Coquitlam Reds ' pitcher Nick Alexiou is going from a Pony to a Cowboy. The six-foot-three righthander from Port Coquitlam has signed a letter of intent to join Louisiana's McNeese State Cowboys .

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.