Local Sports

Simon Fraser University men's head soccer coach Alan Koch was named the Far West region coach of the year on Dec. 5. It was the second consecutive year Koch has received the regional honour.

SFU football wide receiver Lemar Durant was named to the Super Region 3 first all-star team on Nov. 30. Durant led the Great Northwest Conference in five categories, including 1,227 receiving yards.

The Moscrop Panthers became the first Burnaby school to make it to the final four at the B.C. high school AAA boys' volleyball championships.

The St. Thomas More Knights placed five players on this year's B.C. high school provincial football all-star squad. STM defensive end Dante Vigini was named the MVP on defence. Vigini led the league in quarterback sacks this season.

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.

Four Simon Fraser University soccer players earned All-American honours following the varsity team's historic semifinal finish at the NCAA Division national championships last week.

The Moscrop Panthers became the first Burnaby school to make it to the final four at the B.C. high school AAA boys' volleyball championships.

It was a long time in coming, but "Oh yeah," a win by the Notre Dame Jugglers in the B.C. high school Grade 8 boys' football final was sweet. The first-year Jugglers won their first Quadra Cup title in 27 years with a 28-26 victory over G.W.

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 - they were anything but.