Local Sports

Simon Fraser University track and field athlete Helen Crofts was voted the 2012-13 Great Northwest Athletic Conference female scholar-athlete of the year.

There was no accounting for the Burnaby Lakers dramatic change in play last week.

Burnaby dropped just its second game in 11 starts in the West Coast Junior Lacrosse League.

Grace Wardle recently signed a national letter of intent to attend Graceland University and play for the Yellow Jacket softball program under coach Bryn Braddock. Graceland University is located in Lamoni, Iowa, and is a Tier 1 academic NAIA school.

The Burnaby Winter Club hired Aaron Wilber as head coach of the new Hockey Academy prep team for 2013. Wilber joins Leland Mack at the academy, which earlier named him as the head coach of the elite 15s division.

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Crazy 8s: Burnaby 2, in black, played the Vancouver Red Hawks in an under-14 boys' field hockey game at the provincial 8-a-side festival held at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex-West last weekend.

Burnaby Barracuda's Martina Blazevic and year-round swimmer Mei Stark won four individual races each at the Burnaby Barracudas annual Grand Prix summer swim meet at Central Park outdoor pool last weekend.

Escape Velocity will once again be offering a four-week cycling camp for young women riders in Burnaby.

Dynamo Swim Club members had an excellent weekend at the regional long course championships in Richmond. The Burnaby-based club won a combined 11 medals, including seven gold and two silver at the provincial qualifying meet.