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The Surrey Eagles Hockey Club named Burnaby resident Brandon Morley its team captain for the 2012/13 B.C. Hockey League season. Morley is entering his third junior A season.

Burnaby Figure Skating Club wants to get a head start on Skate Canada's new athlete development initiative.

Burnaby's Sumie Françis placed second at the B.C. bantam girls' golf championships in Merritt last Tuesday.

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Simon Fraser University sent Pacific University a message in its varsity football season opener. The Clan opened the 2012 season with a rollicking 51-14 victory over the NCAA Division III school in Forest Grove, Oregon on Aug. 30.

Burnaby Minor Hockey is inviting girls to come a try the game of hockey for free. This Saturday at Kensington Arena, all girls aged five to 18 years old will be able to take part in Lace 'em Up, a B.C.

First of the season: Wesburn United, in yellow, took on Royal City United in an under-15 gold youth soccer match at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex-West on Saturday.

The Burnaby Figure Skating Club will be holding an open house to meet the coaches and to showcase the new changes ahead for all Skate Canada's Learn to Skate programs for tots to adults.

If Canada earns a berth at the 2013 junior World Cup, a significant number of the current Canadian national team will be aged up and too old to participate.