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For the third straight week, the St. Thomas More Knights piled up the points and walked off with the win. And for the first time in a month, veteran rusher Tyler Eckert was in on the fun.

The No. 3-ranked Simon Fraser University men’s soccer team clinched the Great Northwest Conference championship with a 4-0 win over Northwest Nazarene Saturday evening on Burnaby’s Terry Fox Field.

By bouncing the Northwest Nazarene Crusaders 3-1 last week, the Simon Fraser University women’s soccer team assured themselves a spot at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference championships.

Stories, opinions and sporting goods – when people ventured through the doors of Scoff’s Hockey Shop during the 1980s and 90s they were assured of getting those, just as likely in that order.

Flyhalf Mike Goodall pried the ball from a ruck and helped set up Cole McQueen’s 22-metre try early in Saturday’s contest, then nailed the convert which proved to be the game-winning kick in the Burnaby Lake Rugby Club’s 43-10 victory over Capilano R

Grounding it out hasn’t been the choice de jour when it comes to the St. Thomas More Knights’ football team of late.

Measured, composed and determined – the Burnaby Central Wildcats head into the league high school senior boys’ soccer playoffs in an ideal place.

Burnaby Lake was again the centrepoint for some major rowing two weeks ago, as it played host to the Western Canada University rowing championships. UBC’s Rachel Vukovich set the pace in the women's 1x event, edging out UVic’s McKenna Simpson.

Getting goals from seven different players proved to be the ticket as the Simon Fraser University men’s hockey team rolled to a 10-1 home-opening win over Eastern Washington last week.

Carli Grosso and Brandon Watson may know soccer, but they also know a lot more.