Local Sports

Simon Fraser University moved up three spots in a recent poll following a pair of wins this weekend in Great Northwest Conference women's basketball. The Clan women were ranked 13th in the USA Today top 25 coaches poll on Tuesday.

Ring tones: The under-16 Burnaby/New Westminster ringette team defeated Fraser 9-7 at Burnaby Lake Arena last Saturday.

The Burnaby North Vikings girls finished the B.C. high school AAAA provincial volleyball tournament in 13th place.

Carver Christian High School volleyball teams finished their respective provincial A championship tournaments with 10th and 11th final placements last weekend.

Two lacrosse players who participated in September's Mann Cup between the Peterborough Lakers and the Langley Thunder have tested positive for cannabis.

Putting on the brakes: Burnaby's Brendan Lancaster, in black, puts a move on Aidan Victars of New Westminster in a Tier 2 under-16 field lacrosse matchup at Queen's Park East on Sunday.

The junior B Grandview Steelers split a pair of Pacific International league hockey games with the Richmond Sockeyes last week. The Steelers upset the second-place Richmond club 4-3 on Matteo Belmonte's game-winner on Nov. 29.

Jansen Harkins led the Northwest Giants to a weekend sweep of the Thompson Blazers in B.C. major midget hockey last week. Harkins had a goal and one assist in the Giants' 2-1 win over the Blazers on Saturday.

Byrne Creek grad Stephanie Gill scored 15 points for the Manitoba Bisons, including three three-pointers, in a 75-71 overtime loss to UBC Okanagan in Canada West Conference women's basketball on Dec. 1.

The St. Thomas More Knights were outmanned, outsized and supposed to be a patsy for the unbeaten Terry Fox Ravens in the B.C. high school junior varsity football final - yet, they were anything but.