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Their backs were against the wall, but on Wednesday night, the Grandview Steelers proved just how tough a team they really are.

A Burnaby-based speed skater is carrying around some extra special hardware these days after his speed skating team earned a silver medal at last month’s B.C. Winter Games.

Buoyed by a dominant showing from their boys, the Hyack Swim Club finished in second place at the Swim B.C. AAA championships in Saanich. When the water calmed, the UVic-Pacific Coast club finished first with 3,232.

The Burnaby Lakes fields transitioned into a field of higher learning for the University of B.C. women’s rugby team on the weekend.

The Delta Icehawks provided what Vancouver Canucks head coach Willie Desjardins would coin as a ‘Good test.’ Starting tonight, the Grandview Steelers hit the final exam.

Helping her team secure a Big-10 spot was her prime focus. But Burnaby’s Briannah Tsang was likely pretty happy to rack up another ‘Big’ achievement last week at the Big Five NCAA gymnastic qualifier at University Park, Pa.

Matthew Vela provided the winning stroke that put the Trinity Western University Spartans into the B.C. intercollegiate hockey final. The first-year TWU forward scored at 7:15 of overtime in a 5-4 victory over second-place Simon Fraser last week.

Within the lines of disappointment and exhaustion, the St. Thomas More Knights found a way to plant the seeds of optimism during Saturday’s season-ending defeat.

Going by some rave reviews, Michael Couture’s performance at last week’s Canadian Football League combine was a smashing success.

His college career may be finished, but for Burnaby’s Tyler Morley it didn’t come without honours. His Alaska Nanooks were eliminated in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association quarterfinals by Michigan Tech on the weekend in a 2-0 sweep.