Local Sports

Simon Fraser University's goal of a first-place finish in the Great Northwest conference women's basketball season to a step backward following a 70-60 upset loss to Seattle Pacific on Valentine's Day.

The Simon Fraser University women's swimming team won seven titles at the Pacific Collegiate Swimming Conference Championship this past week, while the men's team it's first-ever at La Mirada, California last weekend.

Burnaby Minor Baseball Association was recently named the 2012 association of the year at B.C. Minor Baseball's 50th anniversary banquet.

St. Thomas More Collegiate won both the boys' and girls' aggregate titles at the Lower Fraser Valley wrestling championships.

The Burnaby Mountain Lions looked every inch the champion, upsetting league winner Byrne Creek Bulldogs 85-72 in the BurWest boys' basketball final on Friday. The Lions pounced on the Bulldogs from the tip-off, outscoring their No.

Helen Crofts helped Simon Fraser University win three of its four track titles at the Great Northwest conference indoor championships in Nampa, Idaho this weekend.

Simon Fraser University's senior director of athletics and recreation Milton Richards announced on Wednesdy the hiring of Gina Schmidt as the department's new volleyball coach. Schmidt, a native of Beaverlodge, Alta.

Nicole Orford of Burnaby and ice dance partner Thomas Williams placed sixth at the International Skating Union Four Continents championships in Osaka, Japan last week. Orford, a Moscrop Secondary School grad, and Williams posted a personal best 85.

The Royal City Curling Club kids were more than all right at the B.C. men's provincial championships in Parksville.