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If you couldn’t get a seat for Rogue One last Friday, then the Burnaby South gymnasium was a good substitute.

The SFU Clan women’s basketball team enters the holiday break on a high note, delivering one of their more complete performances of the season in a 76-56 win over the Nova Southeastern Sharks on Monday on Burnaby Mountain.

From around North America, the tests for the elite peewee and bantam hockey players involve a route that would impress the likes of Simon Fraser and Lewis and Clark.

It’s no time to panic, but the Grandview Steelers appear to be driving on winter roads in summer tires.

Three 15 year olds with the Burnaby Kayak and Canoe Club showed all year long that age is no impediment to success. The trio’s hard work has now earned a major kudo.

At the start of a new season, potential usually has a leg-up on results before reality shines through. The Byrne Creek senior boys Bulldogs’ head coach Bal Dhillon believes the two could align quicker than anticipated.

The accolades keep rolling in for Simon Fraser University women’s volleyball libero Alison McKay. On Wednesday, the senior was named a 2016 American Volleyball Coaches Association’s Div.

The ups and downs of a long basketball season are part of the journey that produces champions. For their first week, the Burnaby South Rebels can say they’ve glimpsed a bit of that route, and are ready to venture forward.

The SFU Clan wrestling teams came up with a few standout performances at the Clan International on Burnaby Mountain last Saturday.

Burnaby’s Sarah Tamura delivered a pair of strong skates in claiming second place at the Skate Canada Challenge in Montreal last week.