Local Sports

Call it a Michael Phelps hat trick on a local scale. The Burnaby Barracudas’ Fernando Lu made the most of his Div. 1 races two weeks ago, winning three times to lead his team in gold at the B.C. provincial summer swimming championships.

Canadian Blind Hockey held its third annual Summer Development camp Monday at Burnaby 8 Rinks, with players coming from across the country to lace up the blades. Presented by Accessible Media Inc.

Football, except in a few instances, is not considered among the fine arts.

Big, fast, skilled and hungry. As descriptions go, these could describe many hockey coaches’ wish list. For Vancouver Northeast Chiefs’ coach Jamie Jackson, the players he’s assembled fit the above bill, and then some.

A solid showing earned Burnaby’s Leo Harper third place at the B.C. Bantam boys golf championships this week at the Bowen Island Golf Course.

Three members of the Burnaby Canoe Kayak Club are part of a 30-strong Team B.C. that is competing at the 2016 Spring Canoe Kayak championships in Dartmouth, NS next week.

The Burnaby Bulldogs did what they do best – lead the pack. The senior men’s baseball team captured its seventh provincial title – and first since 2010 – by beating the Coquitlam Angels 7-2 earlier this month in Nanaimo.

Mark Olver is trading his polar bear logo for a Roadrunner.

The Hastings All-Stars have seen the best of both worlds at the Little League World Series. The B.C.

It was a great three-game run. Unfortunately, the Burnaby Lakers needed a fourth win to extend the season.