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Six Burnaby biathletes brought home medals from the first cadet competition this season at the Whistler Olympic Park last Saturday.

Burnaby footballer Christine Sinclair was nominated for yet another award on Wednesday. The celebrated team captain of Canada's Olympic bronze-medal-winning women's soccer team was one of three athletes named for this year's Sport B.C.

The Douglas College Royals knocked off third-place Camosun College in weekend PacWest men's volleyball.

The B.C. Centre of Excellence is sending a strong group of novice figure skaters to the upcoming Canadian championships in Mississauga, Ont., beginning this Sunday.

Burnaby Minor Baseball Association will field an under-15 bantam team in the AAA division for the 2013 season. The Burnaby Minor Braves will be led by coaches Jason Smith and Brian Moebes.

2013 restart: IFC Polonia, in white, defeated Saudi Arabia FC 5-2 in a Vancouver Metro Soccer League Division 2A league game at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex-West last Saturday.

December: Douglas Road Elementary won the Grade 6 and 7 girls' volleyball title. Burnaby Minor's bantam AAA Christmas hockey tournament turned 50. Mariya Chekanovych was the first SFU swimmer to record an A time in NCAA qualifying swimming.

The Northwest Giants remained in first place in the tight race for first place in the B.C. major midget hockey league. The Giants took a pair of weekend games from the Greater Vancouver Canadians following the restart of league play last weekend.

Burnaby's Kimberly Newell gave Canadian hockey a gold medal to cheer about, backstopping the under-18 women's national hockey team to a world title in Finland on Saturday.

Mark Olver scored the game-winning goal in a shootout to lead the Lake Erie Monsters to a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens AAA farm club, Hamilton Bulldogs, in American Hockey League play on Saturday.