Local Sports

Three B.C. Junior Lacrosse League teams were forced to forfeit wins following a late Tuesday ruling by the league commissioner.

Simon Fraser University will be well represented at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Holding off the Victoria Shamrocks proved too heavy a load for the Burnaby Lakers on Friday.

One young man's dream became a community's pride at the Canadian national Olympic track and field trials in Calgary last week.

Former Simon Fraser University track athlete Jessica Smith earned a spot on the Canadian Olympic team to London.

The Burnaby Lakers will miss the B.C. Junior Lacrosse League playoffs for a second consecutive season. The junior A Lakers dropped three games in a four-day span, including a 15-6 loss to the firstplace Coquitlam Adanacs at home on Sunday.

Flicka Gym Club's Briannah Tsang had a best third-place finish at the Olympic women's final selection meet in Gatineau, Que. last week. The 16-year-old North Burnaby Secondary student scored a 14.

League rules: The Surrey Beavers, in green, take on the Kelowna Owls in the Rugby League Grand Final at Burnaby Sports Complex-East on Saturday.

Michael Valiante drove the Honda of America No. 93 Civic SI to a second checkered flag in the last three races in the Grand American Continental Tire sports car series on Sunday. Valiante took over the car after a bad pit stop dropped the No.