Local Sports

The Northwest Giants ended the B.C. Major Midget hockey league regular season with their best finish in years.

The Burnaby South Rebels earned their first entry into the B.C. AAA high school girls' basketball championship in almost 50 years.

Before senior Amar Dhesi makes collegiate wrestling history, the Burnaby Central Secondary student has a few more high school milestones to reach.

After earning a district berth at the Lower Mainland AAA boys' basketball championships over New Westminster last month, Burnaby South senior Nick Garcha said the team wanted to show more such performances that they could be proud of.

Simon Fraser University showed the long and the short of it at the NCAA regional wrestling championships.

The Burnaby South Rebels and the St. Thomas More Knights both advanced to the B.C. high school junior boys' basketball championships. South earned the No.

After earning a district berth at the Lower Mainland AAA boys' basketball championships over New Westminster last month, Burnaby South senior Nick Garcha said the team wanted to show more such performances that they could be proud of.

The Burnaby VC mixed slo-pitch team is inviting ladies - 50 years and older - to try out for the Tuesday and Thursday day league. The season starts in the middle of April and runs until mid-July.

The Burnaby Devils upset Pacific Coast regular season champion Richmond 10-6 in the B.C. under-14 youth field lacrosse championships on Sunday. Joel Sinclair and Josh Dumont both tallied hat tricks to lead Burnaby to the gold medal.

For the first time in perhaps decades, Burnaby high school teams will not be eliminating each other from Lower Mainland boys' basketball playdowns.