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Burnaby's Kelsey Haberl was named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's softball player of the year on Wednesday. The Simon Fraser University first base was ranked first in the conference with a batting average of .

Four talented youth soccer players from Burnaby are heading to Europe to showcase their skills and play some of the top professional youth academy teams.

The Burnaby Eagles and Delta Bayhawks teamed up to defeat Calgary to win the B.C. Cup in the B.C. Footy Australian rules football final at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex-East on April 28.

Alan Tolusso of Burnaby finished third at the Point Grey junior invitational golf tournament on April 28. The St.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins of Burnaby will be the youngest player on Canada's world championship national hockey team. The 19-year-old NHL Edmonton Oilers' rookie of the year hopeful is one of five B.C. players named to the national team.

Cliff Avenue United will join three other Burnaby teams in this weekend's Coastal Cup youth soccer finals in Richmond.

The Burnaby Lakers are hoping to build a winner from the goal on out. The Lakers made a reasonably good start in that direction despite a 7-2 loss to the Delta Islanders in the junior A club's B.C. lacrosse league home opener on Sunday.

Cliff Avenue United will join three other Burnaby teams in this weekend's Coastal Cup youth soccer finals in Richmond.

World champions Christine Gauthier of Pointe-Claire, Que. and Christine Selinger of Regina will return to defend their titles at the paracanoe world championships in Poznan, Poland May 16 and 17. Dave Waters of Dartmouth, N.S.