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Stymied slightly by the Seacove Seahawks’ 6-foot-1-plus post players, the St. Thomas More Knights studied the situation, looked at the score clock after one quarter, and knew what they needed to do.

The Burnaby Lake premier women’s Sally Hillier, centre, is caught between two SFU tacklers during Saturday’s league game.

Team Canada’s lineup for the opening match of the 2016 CONCACAF women’s Olympic qualifying championships was unveiled Tuesday with Burnaby’s Christine Sinclair, the team captain, front and centre.

Ty Ronning, come on down. The Vancouver Giants leading scorer and Burnaby Winter Club minor hockey product will join the Team Cherry roster for Thursday’s Canadian Hockey League Top Prospects Game at the Pacific Coliseum.

Tenth Avenue isn’t the only link betweeen Byrne Creek and St. Thomas More. The two share the same route when it comes to the senior boys AAA basketball journey, it seems.

As birthdays go, the icing on the cake was golden. Burnaby’s Sarah Tamura celebrated her 15th birthday last week by going out and capturing the Canadian figure skating championships in Halifax.

Awareness is a powerful tool. The Byrne Creek Bulldogs are gaining that skill in a way that they hope benefits down the line. According to the Province newspaper’s hoop rankers, others are aware of their potential, too.

For it’s 50th annual Athlete of the Year Awards, Sport BC has produced a powerful list of finalists. This year’s list includes a pair of Burnaby natives and one New Westminster athlete.

Burnaby cadets came up big at the Cadet Zone Biathlon championships last week in Whistler.

Hockey’s version of ‘The Dog Days of Summer’ would have to be in January, right? Certainly the Grandview Steelers might agree, as they suffered their fourth loss of the month on Tuesday, a surprising 9-6 setback in Delta.