Local Sports

Kassie Coupal and Cristina Gambron were strong but their Port Moody Nitro were spilled 1-0 by the PoCo Fury in a girls Under-17 Gold soccer game Sunday.

Coquitlam's Cara Lukawesky of Coquitlam pitched three wins on the weekend as the Simon Fraser Clan swept a pair of doubleheaders against the Western Washington Vikings in university women's softball play.

Coquitlam Express out-scored the Alberni Valley Bulldogs 4-1 in the third period Friday on way to a 7-4 victory before 848 fans at the Poirier Sports Complex. The B.C.

Coquitlam Sharks Aquatic Club opens for registration for the summer season from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 3 at Chimo pool. The Sharks offer programs for beginning, experience and elite athletes. For more, visit www.coquitlamsharks.org.

The second largest single-day event in the Coquitlam Middle School Athletic Association (CMSAA) season- behind only the SD43 track and field meet - hit the floor Thursday at Maple Creek.

Antonio Almeida scored his first of two goals on a low, left-footed strike to provide the deciding goal late in the first half as Coquitlam Metro-Ford Shakhtar dominated the PoCo Rebels 4-0 in a boys Under-10 soccer game Saturday.

Coquitlam curlers Zachary Umbach and his younger brother, Nicholas, are hoping the ice transforms from white to gold for them this weekend in Vernon -- and again next month in Dawson Creek.

Port Moody Black Panthers have scored just six goals in their last four games after they fell 5-1 Saturday to the visiting Ridge Meadows Flames.

Coquitlam's Jeff Wight dished out a team-high five assists as the Vancouver North East Chiefs split a pair of Major Midget hockey league games last weekend with the Okanagan Rockets.

Bolstered by MVP Dean Johnston, the B.C.