Local Sports

Without a league of their own, B.C. women's baseball team preps for national championship as members of local men's +45 league.

For Nathan Mah, it will be a chance to run on his home track and celebrate his 20th birthday. It will be a jog down memory lane for David Mattiazzo.

For their first foray on the international stage in red and white, the Royal City Track and Field Club’s Jarrett Chong and Jenevieve Patry- Smith will soak up some sun as members of a 42-athlete Canadian team in Jamaica.

Lakers rally to knock off Coquitlam; hope return of Robert Church can spark a win streak

Tyler Eckert has been a hawk for the ball during his St. Thomas More Collegiate football career. Offence or defence, the Burnaby teen has developed a habit of being in the centre of attention.

The Burnaby Minor Hockey Association was named the Association of the Year this past weekend by its governing body, the Pacific Coast Amateur Hockey Association, which oversees all 44 Lower Mainland youth hockey organizations.

The Burnaby North Secondary School Vikings girls rugby team were at the provincials in Tier 2 for the second year in a row, and this year took fifth spot - despite being a really young team.

Burnaby’s Christine Sinclair, captain of the Canadian women’s national soccer team, is just 11 goals away from smashing the world record for most international goals.

Burnaby’s top female soccer talent is part of the mix on a team playing at the highest level in the province. TSS Academy launched a women’s team this year after debuting a men’s premier development league team last year.

The New Westminster Salmonbellies senior team beat Nanaimo and Victoria in their last two games, but both games ended with a very tight score.