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The Burnaby Lakers are looking to regroup following a 17-3 loss to the Victoria Shamrocks in Game 3 of their Western Lacrosse Association best-of-seven semifinal series last week.

Top athlete was class valedictorian at STM in 2013

Burnaby Minor Baseball had a good start to the month of August, winning two provincial championship titles. Burnaby defended its 11-and-under AA mosquito title with a 9-3 victory over Ladysmith in the gold-medal final in Port Alberni on Monday.

St. Thomas More Collegiate junior Gabrielle Laguerta led B.C.'s under-15 girls' basketball team to a 64-42 win over Manitoba in the opening game of the national championships in St. John's, Nfld. on Monday. Laguerta led Team B.C.

Burnaby's Jordan Gabriele, Trevor Peters and Cory Sinclair share a good start with Team B.C. following the opening two days at the Canadian midget boys' lacrosse championships in Whitby, Ont. Team B.C.

Katerina Boiko of Burnaby won her third consecutive open women's singles title at the Stanley Park Open tennis championships. The home-schooled 18-year-old and No. 2-ranked women's tennis player in B.C.

Incoming Simon Fraser University freshman Kevin Vigna placed in a tie for 38th place at the Canadian junior boys' golf championship at Timberwolf Golf Club in Sudbury, Ont. last week. Vigna, a St.