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Still bogged down by on-court inconsistencies, the New Westminster Hyacks are running out of time when it comes to putting the pieces together.

Douglas College’s best shooters stepped to the fore and laid it on the line, leading the Royals to a bounce-back 105-99 victory over the Vancouver Island Mariners in PacWest men’s basketball action on Sunday.

As the schedule starts to ramp up in the lead-up to next month’s playoffs, the New Westminster senior girls Hyacks are hoping momentum is on their side.

Where injuries and ailments played too big a part of the first half of the season, the Douglas College Royals women's volleyball team is eager to show what they can do with a full lineup.

A big 30-point effort from captain Kirk Bothwell garnered the New West senior boys Hyacks basketball team its first win of 2020, topping Moscrop 95-69 on Monday.

Hayato Sato didn’t have to look far to assemble a curling team built to win.

The New Westminster Royals took the crown, literally, from their own tournament. The peewee A1 Royals avenged an earlier loss, flipping the score with a 4-1 victory over the Richmond Jets in the final of the Herb House Memorial tournament on Dec. 30.

The Simon Fraser University’s list of new men’s soccer recruits covers the gamut of team needs. Among the five players introduced this week for the 2020 fall season are a goalkeeper, a left back, midfielder and a couple of forwards.

If there was any sluggish, holiday heaviness in the Douglas College Royals’ routine entering last week’s match against the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades, it had evaporated by the end of the game.

New West Hyacks still a bit of a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on the hardwood