Local Sports

Port Moody Black Panthers secured home-ice advantage Saturday for the first round of the Pacific International Jr. 'B' hockey league playoffs.

Port Coquitlam's Andrew Boss of the Simon Fraser Clan has been named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference university male indoor track and field athlete of the week, it was announced Monday.

Matt Harrison of the Riverside Rapids won gold in the boys 60 kg class to lead his team to its first-ever Lower Fraser Valley high school wrestling championship Friday in PoCo and a berth in the Feb. 24-26 provincials at Pinetree secondary school.

While the Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs remain on the consumer market, Travis Gillespie is sold on the B.C. Jr. 'A' lacrosse league squad. The former PoCo Saints junior, Coquitlam Sr. Adanacs and field lacrosse standout has agreed to join the Jr.

Danielle Ryan of the Port Coquitlam Figure Skating Club glided to a silver medal in Gold Interpretive category at the 2011 B.C. Coast Winterskate Championships in Delta, Feb. 4-6.

Six-year-old Lora Harter competes at the Omega Gymnastics 2011 Invitational on Sunday where more than 200 athletes attended the event.

The problems with floor allocation time have been resolved but the Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs are still up for sale, according to general manager Ken Wood.

The Port Moody Nitro squad had no room for injuries when they took the field in an under-16 soccer game on the weekend. A lack of extra players forced the injury-riddle squad to keep all 11 starters on the field for the entire game.