Local Sports

Burnaby’s Hanif Mawji is one of eight Canadians who advanced to the quarter-finals at the Americas Boccia championships in Cali, Colombia.

Two local teens took up the torch and represented B.C. well as part of Team B.C. at the Canadian Rugby championships in Calgary last week. Burnaby’s Mele Vikilani was part of B.C.

It’s a good thing St. Thomas More Collegiate’s Michelle Dadson doesn’t get too attached to her personal bests.

The Burnaby Barracudas have sent a strong contingent of 51 swimmers to the B.C. summer swimming championships in Kamloops this weekend, where the best swimmers from across the province will meet for the final competition of the summer season.

It had drama, thrills and tension. Unfortunately for the Burnaby Lakers players and fans, there was also a heap of disappointment.

In the eyes of others, the Simon Fraser University men’s soccer team is the team to beat entering the 2017 Great Northwest Athletic Conference.

In what is a young person’s sport, Burnaby’s Briannah Tsang has stuck to it longer than most.

The women’s double sculls team of Kieanna Stephens and Grace VandenBroek piloted their boat to a bronze medal at last week’s World Rowing Junior Championships in Lithuania.

It had drama, thrills and tension. For the Burnaby Lakers players and their fans, unfortunately there was also a heap of disappointment.

They will play a seventh and deciding game at Burnaby's Bill Copeland Sports Centre on Tuesday.