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It'll be a battle of giant-killers at the B.C. Premier Baseball League midget championship at Delair Park in Abbotsford this weekend.

The Burnaby Lakers clinched a spot in the Western Lacrosse Association playoff with a season-series win over the Maple Ridge Burrards.

Burnaby-based Estrelle de Chile placed two players on the Pacific Coast Soccer League premier men's allstar team.

Burnaby's Stefan Milosevic made a statement at the Canadian summer senior nationals swim meet in Pointe Claire, Que. last week.

The Ottawa Senators re-signed defenceman Patrick Wiercioch to a three-year contract on Monday.

The Burnaby Lakers made the best of a provincial championship opportunity this weekend.

The Burnaby Lakers advanced to the semifinals in the West Coast Junior Lacrosse playoffs for the first time in the team's seven-year history.

The Burnaby Burrards senior women's lacrosse team finished up[ the season with a bronze medal at the league's provincial playoffs in Richmond.

CALGARY - Canada Under-20 international James Pitblado (Vancouver) scored the go-ahead try in the dying minutes of Sunday's national final to lift British Columbia to their second straight under-19 Canadian Rugby Championship.