Local Sports

Two Royal City Curling Club teams are heading to the 2016 Canadian Direct Insurance B.C. Men’s curling championships.

The common mantra of coaches and players everywhere is the “take it one game at a time.” This Saturday’s showdown between the New Westminster junior Hyacks and Mount Douglas Rams fits that cliché perfectly.

In the overall scheme of things, the Royal City Curling Club’s Gibson rink was in no hurry to claim its spot at the 2016 Scotties B.C. women’s curling championships.

There were few razzle-like breakouts and even less dazzle, but what Vancouver College Fighting Irish had over the New Westminster Hyacks was a head start.

The moment seemed to capsulize the whole season for the University of B.C. Thunderbirds. It certainly would be the most-everlasting one.

The lineup is filling up for the upcoming 2016 Tim Hortons B.C. Junior Curling championships. And local rinks are taking their share of spots.

You could say they handled the spread, and then some. The New Westminster junior Hyacks stampeded past the Mount Boucherie Bears 76-26 to keep their perfect record intact. The Hyacks blitzed into the B.C.

It isn’t just the weather that put a chill in the Royal City Riot’s outlook last week. The Coquitlam Black Ice counted a late goal to escape with a 1-0 win in Metro Women’s under-21 soccer action.

Standing their ground, the New Westminster Hyacks’ defence proved to be an anchor that the offence could count on. In their B.C. High School AAA football quarter- final against St.