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The SFU Clan women’s basketball team can say they got their first win of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference campaign the hard way. after rallying to edge the Alaska Nanooks 79-77 on Saturday.

Viktoria Orlova has immersed herself in her chosen sport. The sport has embraced her back.

The SFU Clan women’s basketball team lost a showdown between two of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference’s top teams on Wednesday, falling 75-59 to the No. 9-ranked Alaska Anchorage Seawolves in the league season-opener for both clubs.

The goal was, like in Dr. Seuss’s Horton Hears a Who, to be heard. The Burnaby North Vikings got the message out, and then some, as they made their first appearance at the provincial boys AAA soccer championships in 12 years.

Ethan Leyh continues to light up opposing defences, scoring three times and setting up three more to lead the Vancouver Northeast Chiefs past North Island 9-1 last Sunday in B.C. Major Midget Hockey League action.

With an impressive lacrosse and business pedigree, Paul Dal Monte has had his name surface whenever a Western Lacrosse Association team’s coaching or general managing position opened up.

Burnaby Winter Club products Mathew Barzal and Dante Fabbro were among 32 players invited to attend the national junior hockey team selection camp, Dec. 10 to 14 in Blainville, Que.

Some solid footwork proved to be the key as the Burnaby Lake Rugby Club edged Simon Fraser University 13-6 in the men’s 3rd Division Mainland Cup final on Saturday.

The game ended in a 2-0 win, with one team prevailing over another. But in true fact, the season completed with four teams winning – in that those who came to play and restart a once-strong league have established a foothold for others to follow.

The senior girls volleyball district playoffs ended last week with the Burnaby Mountain Lions edging Burnaby North 3-1 in the final.