St. Thomas More Collegiate grad Kevin Vigna finished in a tie for 41st place at the B.C. amateur golf championships, which wrapped up at the Copper Point Golf Club in Windermere last Friday.
Vigna, who last week lost a three-way playoff at the B.C. junior championships, posted an 11-overpar total 295 on the 6,807-yard, par-70 course after finishing the final round with a four-over 74.
The incoming Simon Fraser University freshman edged out the Clan's Michael Belle of Burnaby by four strokes.
Burnaby's Lucas Gatto and New Westminster's Matt Steinbach both missed the cut.
Former Sport B.C. junior boys' athlete of the year Adam Svensson charged into a share of top spot with a five-under-par 65 in the final round to tie Charlie Hughes of Langley for the overall lead.
Svensson and Hughes both finished the 72-hole competition at 12-underpar. Hughes, a 21-year-old University of Washington graduate, drained a 20-foot put on the second playoff hole to win his first B.C. amateur title.
Red River win Three Burnaby football
players shared the Red River Cup with Team B.C. at the under-16 football championships in Winnipeg last weekend.
B.C., including Notre Dame Juggler players Adam Turrin and Matteo Triggiano, both of Burnaby, and St. Thomas More's Demarius Henderson, helped B.C. to a 34-21 win over previously unbeaten Winnipeg West in the goldmedal cup final.
Henderson, a 6-3 defensive lineman, had a hand in B.C.'s 27-0 first-half push, blocking a punt that was recovered on Winnipeg's 16-yard line. On the ensuing play, Taylor Pencer of North Delta caught a touchdown pass from tournament all-star North Langley quarterback Jacob Laberge for a 13-0 lead.
South Saskatchewan, which beat B.C. 14-0 in the preliminary round, wound up in third place following a 10-7 win over Saskatchewan North.
B.C. was 2-2 after roundrobin play, including a 21-16 loss to Winnipeg West.
Not long enough Burnaby South Secondary student Ahmad Nizamani placed ninth in the men's long jump at the recent Canadian junior national track and field championships in Quebec.
Nizamani, who won the provincial high school title with a leap of 6.95m, jumped 6.40m in the qualifying round.
Hastings upgrade Hastings Community Little League, which serves the North Burnaby area, received a $150,000 commitment from the Toronto Blue Jays towards the rebuilding of two baseball diamonds at Hastings Community Park field.
The grant was made through the Jays Care Field of Dreams program, which invests in the creation of safe youth spaces, according to the media release. Improvements are to include backstop replacements; diamond reconfiguration, including increasing the size of the main diamond; soil and sod replacement and drainage and sprinkler installation.
The renovations will allow Hastings to make spaces available to 72 more young ballplayers, while also expanding field time usage for all, according to the release.
The upgrades will also allow Hastings to go forward with plans to host the 2016 Canadian Little League championships in 2016.
Work is scheduled for completion in 2015.
