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The New Westminster Salmonbellies have gotten their groove back – and just in time, too.

If he was a little tired, it didn’t show. The Burnaby Lakers’ Robert Church looked none the worse for wear in Tuesday’s Lakers’ 7-6 loss to the New Westminster Salmonbellies.

It took some time and the wait includes a noon tee-off time, but the Vancouver Golf Tour has finally come to Burnaby.

Burnaby’s Gabriel Ho-Garcia was named to Canada’s men’s national field hockey team pre-Olympic tour, which will go towards choosing the 18 athletes who will go to the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Diego Medrano showed hurdles were no obstacles in his run. The Burnaby South athlete collected a pair of junior boys medals at last week’s B.C. High School track and field championships in Nanaimo, part of a strong district showing.

As a final foray in high school, St. Thomas More track star Zion Corrales Nelson didn’t delay in going out in style. The Grade 12 speedster sprinted to three gold medals at the B.C.

It’s been a rough two weeks for the Burnaby junior Lakers. After launching a new B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League season with promise, the squad has suffered its share of slings and arrows to the tune of six straight losses.

Muhammad Ali’s punch dominated the boxing ring for an incredible 27 years. His influence echoed exponentially around the world and is still stinging like a bee, including here in Burnaby.

Dane Stevens’ fourth goal of the night proved to be the difference, as the Burnaby Lakers edged the Langley Thunder 9-8 Wednesday in Western Lacrosse Association action.

The touring England Counties rugby team takes on the Canadian Direct Insurance B.C. Bears tonight, 7 p.m. at Klahanie Park in West Vancouver.