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Ella Brown doubled-up on the triple. The junior Simon Fraser University track athlete won back-to-back triple jumps at a pair of meets in San Francisco on the weekend, one of a handful of teammates provisionally qualifying for the NCAA Div.

What was once a distant dream is now a huge circle on his calendar. Since he and his Canadian men’s field hockey team punched their ticket for the 2016 Rio Olympics, Gabriel Ho-Garcia has made sure that one heady goal was replaced by another.

The Moscrop boys gymnastics team used home turf advantage and put on a strong performance at the B.C. High School Gymnastics championships last month, capturing the Level 2 Team title.

With a league title already to their name, the Estrella de Chile FC Burnaby (EDC) under-21 soccer team would like nothing better than to wrap it up with a Cup.

Rowing Canada unveiled its standard bearers who will be competing in eight events at the first World Rowing Cup event later this month in Italy. Two members of the team of 28 are products of the Burnaby Lake Rowing Club.

Mathew Barzal is one reason why the Seattle Thunderbirds are among the Canadian Hockey League’s most recent Top-10.

With the arrival of spring comes the annual unveiling of award winners.

The Pacific Steelers have snagged themselves a goal scorer. The Junior Women’s Hockey League team announced the commitment of Amy Potomak, a Burnaby Winter Club product, for the upcoming 2016-17 season.

It was a night for Outlaws. The Mission City Outlaws locked up the 2015-16 Pacific Junior B Hockey League playoff title on Saturday, blasting the Grandview Steelers 7-2 to win the series four games to one.

SFU’s softball team’s seven-game winning streak came to an end on the weekend. The women suffered tough losses in their double-header against Western Oregon, losing 2-0 in the first game and 6-5 in the second.