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Familiarity can breed contempt, but in the case of the Burnaby Metro girls under-18 Selects, it brought knowledge.

Mathew Barzal was the difference in the Seattle Thunderbirds’ 3-1 win over the Everett Silvertips on Sunday.

A rough first day couldn’t keep Burnaby’s Leo Harper from making a game of it, as he finished tied for fifth overall at the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour’s Prodigy Series at Morgan Creek on the weekend.

In what was essentially a must-win for the Burnaby Lake premier women’s team, the squad blasted UBC 66-10 to secure the final spot in the B.C. premier women’s rugby playoffs.

A fashionable old song mused ‘You gotta have heart,’ but in boxla circles you can add goaltending to the must-have list. Both heart and netminding will go a long way towards the Burnaby junior Lakers’ goal of moving out of the B.C.

Wearing the ‘dark hat’ and surrounded by a crowd of 1,000 fans cheering on the underdog hosts, the Burnaby Winter Club Bruins turned that adversity on its head to claim the Western Canadian AAA bantam hockey title. It didn’t come easy, however.

Simon Fraser University sophomore Chris Crisologo had an eagle on the fifth hole as part of a final day charge to capture the Mustang Intercollegiate this week at the Palm Valley Golf Club in Goodyear, Arizona.

A great start was key to advancing to Round 2 of the Coastal Cup playdowns last week. The Burnaby Metro under-14 boys FC bolted out with two quick goals and held on for a 2-1 triumph over Guildford.

B.C. Rugby is holding a pair of identification sessions open to all under-14-to-20 female and u-14-to-19 male players aspiring to make the provincial age-grade Fifteens squads. This summer, B.C.

As losses go, Saturday’s 3-2 at the hands of Guildford FC put a frosty chill in what had to that point been an extremely strong season for the Estrella de Chile FC Burnaby.