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Change is good. The Burnaby Holiday Bantam Hockey tournament has been a staple on the minor hockey calendar for 53 years, ebbing and flowing at one point to being the hottest international bantam series in North America.

Two talented Burnaby Winter Club-trained hockey players are on Canada Hockey’s radar. Both Mathew Barzal and Dante Fabbro received invitations to represent Canada at two different tournaments.

Tested and tired, the Moscrop Panthers refused to go quietly as the final spikes were delivered at last week’s B.C. Boys AAA Volleyball championships in Langley.

It was a game of lines, and the steadiest line prevailed. The New Westminster Hyacks overwhelmed the Mount Douglas Rams en route to a 48-29 victory in Saturday’s B.C. Subway Bowl Junior AAA Football final at BC Place.

There’s no need to check her list twice. Simon Fraser University student and former Clan wrestler Danielle Lappage sewed up the first berth to the 2016 Summer Olympics with a victory last week over No.

Behind Rachel Fradgley’s second straight double-double, the Simon Fraser University women’s basketball team knocked off the University of Alaska Nanooks 77-60 on Saturday on Burnaby Mountain.

A career dotted with magic, championships and awards was unfortunately cut short due to concussions. St. Thomas More alum Jon Cornish announced Wednesday he was retiring as a player with the Canadian Football League’s Calgary Stampeders.

This weekend is all about the journey for the Moscrop Panthers senior girls volleyball team. Having taken the long road to get to Nanaimo’s AAAA provincial championships, the docket is loaded with hefty challenges and stern-faced opposition.

Roll out the red carpet -- the Burnaby Sports Hall of Fame is welcoming a new class of inductees.

The Grandview Steelers demonstrated some important bounce-back Tuesday in a 4-0 win over the Delta Ice Hawks.