Local Sports

Zion Corrales Nelson of Burnaby has been lighting it up on the track down south. The Grade 9 St. Thomas More student recently won the women's 400 metres against NCAA athletes in a time of 55.7 at the recent University of Oregon Twilight meet.

The Simon Fraser University Men's Ice Hockey program announced that Grandview Steelers defenceman Colton Schock has committed to join the team for the 2013/2014 season.

8Star Motorsports will have a new, but familiar driver in the Grand-Am paddock when when Burnaby's Michael Valiante gets behind the wheel of its Corvette Daytona Prototype for the Diamond Cellar Classic at Mid-Ohio on June 14-15.

Simon Fraser University alumna Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe is headed to Europe for a series of exhibition games with the Canadian senior women's national basektball team.

Simon Fraser University volleyball head coach Gina Schmidt was named to the coaching staff for the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kezan, Russia. Schmidt, who took over the SFU volleyball program in February, will serve as the team leader.

The Simon Fraser University women's volleyball program has signed middle blocker Maddy Power.

Grade 12 senior Alan Tolusso is this year's winner of the B.C. high school AA golf championships. The St.

Helen Crofts finished off her collegiate career at Simon Fraser University like a champion.

Making the cut: The Burnaby Lions community football club hosted its first-ever spring flag football jamboree at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex-West last Saturday.

The Burnaby Lakers have had enough of Vancouver Island, at least for the moment.