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Fresh off a highlight experience, Burnaby’s Gareth Jones is looking to top it. The 17-year-old water polo player is hoping to use last month’s win at the Junior Pan Am Games as a springboard to another major competition next month in Montenegro.

The Hastings Community All-Stars are proving there is no place like home.

Building off a strong performance at the provincial Age Group championships, the Hyack Swim Club delivered the goods earlier this month at the Canadian Age Group swimming championships in Calgary.

For a brief, enticing moment, the Burnaby Lakers held the wheel and looked ready to push on in their Game 1 battle with the Victoria Shamrocks on Tuesday at the Q Centre.

The prospect, on paper, may seem daunting, but in actual fact the Burnaby Lakers are going to relish the opportunity of walking into Victoria’s packed rink Aug. 9 to start the Western Lacrosse Association semifinals.

It’s been a few weeks now, but members of the Burnaby Lakers’ bantam A2 lacrosse team have every right to still be on Cloud 9 right now.

The Simon Fraser Aquatics’ Sophia Brunoro and Dmitriy Lim set the pace, combining for six medals at the Canadian Age Group nationals in Calgary.

The Hyack Swim Club rode a strong wave of performances at the B.C. Age Group championships to finish second overall last month in Victoria.

The Burnaby Lakers completed the Western Lacrosse Association’s regular season with a split on their Island tour – and a question as to where they stand.

In that four-year cycle where so many sports fans finally tune in to elite rowing, one of those who aspires to that height will be focusing elsewhere.