Local Sports

Call it a holiday break or seasonal celebration, but for many high school basketball coaches it’s anything but. Any momentum built in the first month usually needs to be reclaimed, while teams off to a slow start have a layoff to put behind them.

Freshman Ozi Nwabuko began the game with an air-ball, but everything after that was letter-perfect as the forward lead the Simon Fraser University women’s basketball team to an 80-58 win over Concordia University on Burnaby Mountain last week.

A new calendar brings new reasons to celebrate sports in Burnaby. The Burnaby Sports Hall of Fame will induct nine new members into its hall with a banquet in February at the Firefighters Hall at Metrotown.

Burnaby curler enjoys second taste of provincial title

The Grandview Steelers opened up 2017 by staring into a mirror. The Pacific Junior B Hockey League team wrapped the circuit’s Winter Classic on Tuesday with a 3-2 overtime loss to the Delta Ice Hawks in a proverbial four-point game.

Burnaby Minor Lacrosse Club will be holding its popular Fun Lacrosse program again early this year. All sessions are suitable for boys and girls born from 2007 to 2012 and include five one-hour sets for just $25.

None of the current members of the Burnaby minor Bulldogs’ bantam A1 hockey team were around when a 15-year-old Joe Sakic lead the home team to a second-straight title at the then-named Burnaby Bantam Christmas Tournament 32 years ago.

With the changing of the calendar comes a number of traditional must-see events. Among those is the 51st annual St.

So many accomplishments, so little space to recap; but here are some highlights:

Canada Soccer’s Canadian under-17 Players of the Year awards were presented last week to Alphonso Davies and Deanna Rose. The two were prominent in their performance the past 12 months with the national youth program.