Local Sports

The Northwest Giants grew one more season in stature in the B.C. major midget hockey league. The Burnaby-based club won its fourth consecutive B.C.

Team captain Tyler Morley of Burnaby led the Surrey Eagles into the B.C. Hockey League Coastal conference final.

Burnaby Lake Rugby Club picked up a single bonus point following a 21-15 loss to league leader James Bay in premier men's rugby league play Saturday.

The last two remaining Burnaby skaters bowed out of the NCAA midwest regional hockey championships. Cornell's Dustin Mowrey had his season come to an end following a 2-1 loss to Ferris State in the midwest final in Green Bay, Wisconsin on Sunday.

Herb Phillips placed first in the 70-and-over age division at the St. Patricks Day five-kilometre run in Vancouver March 17. Phillips clocked a time of 20:12.92, averaging slightly more than four minutes per kilometre.

Simon Fraser University's Sammie Olexa was named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's softball player of the week on Monday.

Burnaby's Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored the shootout-winner to give the Edmonton Oilers a 2-1 victory over the Florida Panthers in NHL play on Friday. Nugent-Hopkins scored on Edmonton's fourth shot on goal.

The Burnaby Mountain Wrestling Club will be sending at least three wrestlers to the Summer Olympic Games in London.

The Burnaby Winter Club will be vying for a Western Canadian bantam AAA double following a 6-5 victory over the Cloverdale Colts in the final at the B.C. Tier 1 provincial championships in Kamloops Thursday.