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The aftermath following New Westminster Hyacks' provincial victory includes sharing the celebration and credit with program supporters and community

If there’s a theme for this year’s New Westminster senior boys basketball team, it’s all about speed. Height was so last year; this year’s Hyacks edition hopes to confound its rivals with slippery skills and a depth that can outlast nearly any bench.

It came down to fortune, faith and a lot of team work. The New Westminster Hyacks completed a tremendous year in unlikely, yet fitting, fashion, capturing the B.C.

The New Westminster Hyacks are primed and ready for Saturday's B.C. Subway Bowl championship final

Two games into the senior girls basketball season, and things look good for the New Westminster Hyacks. The unranked AAA squad rolled up a pair of victories, beating McNair 87-44 on Monday, and Gleneagle of Coquitlam 58-35 on Tuesday.

Style and substance have been two trademarks of the 2017 New Westminster Hyacks football team. Those two elements were present in abundance Saturday as the New West crew outlasted the South Delta Sun Devils 52-45 at BC Place.

For a swan song, New Westminster Secondary’s Doug Woodward would like nothing better than to leave after extending the senior girls basketball season into March.

Big games are nothing new for the New Westminster Hyacks' Sammy Sidhu.

The New Westminster atom A1 Royals did some cross-border shopping, returning home with a hunk of hardware. The hockey squad captured the Everett junior Silvertips youth hockey tournament, beating Semiahmoo 7-2 in the final to cap a five-win march.

They shedded their underdog label in a big way.