Local Sports

Alicia Bremer and Jemal Reta won their respective age groups at the B.C. cross-country championships in Abbotsford last week. Bremer took top spot in the nine-year-old girls' 1,500-metre run, finishing in a time of 7:17.

The St. Thomas More Knights put themselves in position to win the Eastern conference in B.C. AAA high school football. The STM Knights defeated the Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers 20-13 in a come-from-behind match in Surrey last Friday.

Fifth-year Douglas College student RuiLin Huang and third-year Wei Luo were named PacWest's badminton athletes of the week.

Burnaby Central junior Sophia Stevenson and Grade 10 Byrne Creek student Jemal Reta will lead all Burnaby runners at the B.C. high school provincial cross-country championships this weekend in Prince George.

Trey Wheeler led the Simon Fraser University football team to its first-ever conference road win with a record day passing.

Simon Fraser University sunk host University of Victoria in the opening dual swim meet of the season. The Clan men won 11 of 15 events against the Vikings, while the SFU women's team nearly tripled UVic 329-112 on Saturday.

Simon Fraser University won big in its women's basketball season opener at home last Friday. The Clan overwhelmed neighbouring Douglas College 101-40 in a preseason exhibition game.

The St. Thomas More Knights put themselves in position to win the eastern conference in B.C. AAA high school football. The STM Knights defeated the Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers 20-13 in a come-from-behind match in Surrey last Friday.

Simon Fraser University clinched its third straight Great Northwest conference men's soccer title following a 7-1 victory over Saint Martin's last Thursday.

Kimberly Newell of Burnaby is starting her NCAA Division I career in style.