Local Sports

Three Vancouver Cannons, pitchers Connor Noble and Brandon Marklund and catcher Nick Favaro from Burnaby, were invited to the B.C. Selects baseball camp to be held July 9 to 13.

The all-conquering Wardens rugby club has accepted an invitation to play in the Serevi Vancouver International Sevens at Swangard Stadium next month.

Eight members of the Burnaby Lake Rugby Club were named to the travelling roster of the B.C. senior women's provincial rugby team.

Burnaby Lake master rowers competed at the 2012 Northwest masters' regional championships in Klamath Falls on the weekend of June 15 and 17. The regatta is the premier event for masters' rowers in Western United States and Canada.

Burnaby defenceman Joey LaLeggia has been waiting a long time to hear his name called.

He was the last standing man of a cadre of dedicated and hard-working devotees of cricket, whose relentless and indomitable spirit is unparalleled.

At Burnaby Caprice Synchronized Swimming Club it's all about taking a step-by-step approach.

Whoever came up with the name Burnaby Girls Sparks, sure got it right. The under-11 girls' soccer team became just the second team from B.C. to be be selected as a weekly winner of the BMO Team of the Week contest on June 6.

Burnaby North teen Briannah Tsang will be among 12 artistic gymnasts looking to win a spot on Canada's women's team for the Olympics. Tsang will take part in the Olympic team's final selection camp in Gatineau, Que.