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Burnaby javelin thrower Curtis Moss inched closer to the Olympic A standard needed to earn a spot on Canada's Summer Games team. Moss threw the javelin 81.21 metres to win the men's final at the Victoria International Track Classic held on June 12.

St. Thomas More Collegiate's Kevin Vigna finished runner-up at the Zone 4 junior golf championships this weekend.

Canada's national junior men's field hockey team returned from Mexico with three decisive wins over the Mexican junior national team last weekend.

Junior hockey hopefuls scrimmage at the Grandview Steelers junior B evaluation camp at the Burnaby Winter Club last weekend.

The Burnaby Mountain Mantas posted 40 podium finishes, including 11 firstplace swims at the Burnaby Barracudas A/B summer swim meet at Central Park pool last weekend.

The shooting woes of the Burnaby Lakers continue to dog the junior A lacrosse club. The Lakers dropped their 11th game of the B.C.

The two-time defending B.C. Sevens Series champion Burnaby Lake Rugby Club won the first leg of the provincial circuit in Vancouver on Saturday.

The Burnaby Lakers worked their way out of the B.C. Junior Lacrosse League forest basement with a 7-6 felling of the Nanaimo Timbermen.

There are no nights off in the Western Lacrosse Association anymore.