Local Sports

Basketball in Burnaby has a promising future thanks to the South Burnaby Metro Club youth basketball program. The South Burnaby Eagles made Basketball B.C.

The shot the earned Kyle Turris a third overall National Hockey League draft pick from the Phoenix Coyotes in 2007 was on display for all to see Wednesday.

Burnaby's Alessandro Hojabrpour was welcomed into the Whitecaps fold Monday with the announcement of the Whitecaps FC new residency program players list.

University of Denver defenceman Joey LaLeggia was recently named the sixth annual national Division I rookie of the year by the Hockey Commissioners' Association.

While New Brunswick was making history as the first under-16 Maritime winner at the Canadian ringette championships, hometown Lower Mainland stopped a sweep of sorts with a win of its own.

The Burnaby Winter Club AAA bantams will have another banner to hang at their club after a 3-0 win over the Southgate Lions in the final of the Western Canadian bantam AAA championships in Stony Plain, Alta. on April 8.

Washington Capitals defenceman Karl Alzner garnered his first point of the NHL playoffs, assisting on Troy Brouwer's game-opening goal in a 2-1 doubleovertime victory over the Boston Bruins on Saturday.

Dylan Gant was the fastest finisher from Burnaby at the annual Vancouver Sun Run on Sunday. The Burnaby Central and Simon Fraser University grad finished 18th overall in a time of 32: 24 in the 10kilometre run.