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As road trips go, the Burnaby junior Lakers’ tour of Vancouver Island hit its share of snags. But while they returned empty-handed, just like a wistful fisher, the Lakers are eyeing better results come the next day.

Canada’s roster for an International Women’s Rugby Series in New Zealand, the final tune-up for the Rugby World Cup, was announced and Burnaby Lake’s Carolyn McEwen made the cut.

No matter how their debut goes tonight in Calgary, the TSS Rovers will have chalked up a win. Getting a new franchise off the ground – a soccer club in Canada, no less – is that kind of challenge.

The Western Hockey League’s annual bantam draft is where opportunities are born. It’s also where highly coveted prospects see their profiles bolstered or diminished, due to the whims of a hundred or more scouts.

Burnaby’s Alessandro Hojabrpour was one of just a handful of players to score for Canada, as the national men’s under-17 soccer team gave a valiant but unsuccessful push at the CONCACAF men’s u17 championships.

It proved more fowl than fish – fitting too, considering the opponent.

With four individual titles to his name this season, Simon Fraser University junior Chris Crisologo was a hole-in-one lock for the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Golfer of the Year and an the All-Conference First Team berth.

Simon Fraser University junior wrestler Mallory Velte has booked her ticket to Paris, France this summer to compete in the 2017 Senior Women’s World Championships after winning her weight class at the U.S. world team trials last week in Las Vegas.

Nicholas Susanto and Jordan Beatty led a strong Shuttlesport Badminton Academy showing at last week’s 2017 B.C. Junior provincial championships in Richmond.

There’s no doubt, home field advantage will come into play. The Simon Fraser University Clan men’s field lacrosse team won’t be sad if the weather turns wet and grey this weekend when they host the Pacific Northwest Collegiate Lacrosse League.