Local Sports

The Burnaby Lakers did not go gently into that good night. The senior A Lakers showed the makings of better seasons ahead after a series-ending 1110 loss to the regular season champion Langley Thunder in Western Lacrosse Association playoffs in Aug.

The Burnaby Barracudas Aquatic Club will be sending a strong team to the B.C. summer swimming championships in Nanaimo this weekend.

B.C.'s minor lacrosse teams settled for a silver-medal sweep at the Canadian minor lacrosse national championships in Whitby, Ont. last weekend.

Eleven Simon Fraser University student-athletes were named recipients of a Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award.

The Hastings All-Stars are going back to the Little League World Series.

If Burnaby soccer star Christine Sinclair was not already Canada's most recognizable female athlete, she is now.

The Burnaby Girls Sparks want your vote. The under-11 Select B squad was named one of 15 teams from across Canada as a BMO Team of the Week.

Kimberley Newell of Burnaby posted a pair of wins to earn a place on Canada's under-18 national women's hockey team following a selection camp in Calgary. Newell, who played goal for the Kootenay Ice of the B.C.

The Burnaby Lions peewee community football team looked sharp as they went into South Delta and won the annual South Delta Dueck Bowl last weekend.

The Burnaby Girls Sparks want your vote. The under-11 Select B squad was named one of 15 teams from across Canada as a BMO Team of the Week.