Local Sports

A team of 12-year-old Hyack Swim Club boys finally got their record.

Good things come to those who wait. Even better things happen to those who use that time to improve themselves. That certainly appears to be the case for the New Westminster Salmonbellies current No. 1 keeper Neil Tyacke.

Burnaby Lake Rowing Club's Brendan Hodge was named to Rowing Canada's senior men's team in the lightweight sweep group for the upcoming Aegon Koninkjlijke-Holland Beker competition in Amsterdam later this month and for the later World Rowing Club in

Former Burnaby resident Murray Lehman will be honoured for his induction into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame at a junior A lacrosse game next week.

The Burnaby Lakers losing streak reached 11 games following a pair of B.C. Junior Lacrosse League losses last week. The junior A Lakers dropped their 10th game in a row following a 19-8 loss in Ladner to the Delta Islanders on June 15.

Cody Gilliam weathered a thunderstorm of shots in a 12-4 loss to Coquitlam in West Coast Junior Lacrosse League action.

Tag, y'er it: The Burnaby Bulldogs collegiate baseball team, in black, split a recent doubleheader with the Northwest Honkers at Robert Burnaby Park. The Bulldogs currently sport a record of 8-9 this season.

Burnaby's Ilija Gajic scored two goals to help the Western Lacrosse Association New Westminster Salmonbellies to a 7-7 draw with the Langley Thunder at the Langley Events Centre on Wednesday.

Competitive rowing is returning to Burnaby Lake this summer in a big way.

Simon Fraser University track and field athlete Helen Crofts was chosen one of two Great Northwest Athletic Conference candidates for the 23rd annual NCAA Woman of the Year Award.