Local Sports

Three first-half goals took much of the wind from the sails of Columbus FC in the final of the B.C. Soccer women's A cup final.

The Burnaby Lake Rugby Club conceded the Gordon Harris Memorial Cup to the Velox Valkyries in the premier women's provincial rugby final.

Matthew Shannik scored four goals, and Tyler Kirkby had a pair, including his team-leading 11th of the season as the Burnaby Lakers defeated the visiting Nanaimo Timbermen 16-8 in an intermediate A lacrosse regular season game at Bill Copeland Sports

Callup counter: Intermediate Danny Spagnuolo, in white, scored his first junior A goal as a callup in the Burnaby Lakers 11-6 loss to Victoria last Sunday.

Burnaby Dynamo Swim Club top times at the West Coast Invitational meet in Richmond last week. In all, Dynamo swimmers garnered one gold, six silver and three bronze at the Lower Mainland meet.

Missing an opportunity for an unprecedented fifth B.C. high school AA golf provincial title was like discovering your ball in deep rough with an impossible lie. But St.

Burnaby motor sports driver Michael Valiante will have a busy season of racing. Valiante was an 11th hour replacement for Starworks Racing at the 24-hour at Daytona at the beginning of the year.

No Monkeying around: Samantha Mansinho clears a ball for the Burnaby Explosion against the West Vancouver Monkeys in under-15 girls' field hockey last weekend.

Alan Tolusso and Alex Françis finished near the top 10 in a pair of Zone 4 invitational junior golf tournaments last weekend.

Burnaby's Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored his first goal at the International Ice Hockey Federation world championships in a 7-2 win over France on Monday.