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Seeded as a darkhorse, the Burnaby North senior boys Vikings spiked a few rivals’ hopes en route to finishing third at last week’s Lower Mainland AAA volleyball championships.

If there were any concerns that last week's bye could have left the No. 2-ranked St. Thomas More Knights a tad rusty entering Saturday's Subway Bowl quarter-finals, they were extinguished quickly.

The Moscrop Panthers senior boys volleyball team emerged from the Burnaby-New West league championships unscathed. Their next assignment will be a tougher test.

Mario Sever picked a good time to score his first goal of the 2017-18 Pacific Junior B Hockey League season. The second-year forward for the Grandview Steelers counted his first marker of the year on Sunday, 9:55 into the second period.

Emma Pringle, Jenna-lee Baxter, Magnus Kristensen and Marcello and Matteo Polisi accomplished impressive firsts this week. The Simon Fraser University soccer quintet were recognized in their conferences as All-West regional first-team all stars.

They shedded their underdog label in a big way.

For the first time in the NCAA era, Simon Fraser University men’s basketball has won its first two games against NCAA opponents, including Saturday’s 80-51 victory over Notre Dame de Namur 80-51 at the GNAC\PacWest Conference Challenge in Bellingham.

It has grown and changed over the years, but as the Burnaby Tennis Club celebrates its 50th anniversary, a poignant history points to a promising future.

There is so much history between the St. Thomas More Knights and Notre Dame Jugglers that a football game has all the markings of a reunion.

Simon Fraser University’s Christine Howlett, Jayme Bratsberg and Katerina Dolguikh were selected to the 2017 Great Northwest Athletic Conference’s volleyball All-Academic team. For Howlett, it’s the third straight year. The Delta native holds a 3.