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The margin for error remains at none. The New Westminster senior girls Hyacks responded with their backs to the wall, trumping Moscrop 70-36 in a must-win game at the Lower Mainland tournament on Wednesday.

It was one-step forward, one step back for the New Westminster senior boys basketball team.

With a long, fluid stride, New Westminster’s Trew Dancey is capable of covering a lot of turf between the lines.

Family, and winning a Mann Cup, were the main drawing cards for Kevin Crowley when his hometown New Westminster Salmonbellies came calling.

With less than a week to go for the Western Lacrosse Association junior draft, the New Westminster Salmonbellies are playing a wait-and-see game on how to use their first selection.

One is shooting for a league title, the other for ranking. The most important thing, however, is both the New Westminster Hyacks senior girls and boys basketball teams are going on to the Lower Mainlands.

New Westminster athletes displayed mid- season form in the inaugural indoor track meet of the year, picking up medals at the Harry Jerome Indoor Games in Richmond.

The schedulers of the PacWest women’s volleyball league must have known something when they mapped out the final weeks of the regular season.

Playoffs – it’s time we’re talking about playoffs. Twisting Jim Mora’s comic rant on its ear, this is the time to talk about playoffs, and the New Westminster Hyacks are just happy it’s arrived.

New Westminster’s Nina Schultz is among three finalists for Female Junior Athlete of the Year by Sport BC.