Local Sports

Burnaby captain Yuki Sano scored two goals and set up a third to lead the Stealers to a 4-3 victory over the Warriors in an all-Burnaby Minor peewee hockey final at the annual Spring Blast tournament at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre on Wednesday.

Leading the way: Kosta Rodoas helped the host Burnaby Winter Club Bruins finish the B.C. Hockey bantam Tier 3 provincial championships with a 3-2 win over Creston. The victory was the first of the tournament for the Burnaby club.

Three senior titles most for B.C. team since 1999

Burnaby's Whitney Rowe finished second in a recent 100-metre sprint for Colorado Mesa University. The Burnaby Mountain grad placed runner-up in a time of 12.21 at the University of Nevada Las Vegas Track Classic on March 6.

The Burnaby-based Wings Restaurants and Pubs has signed on as the title sponsors for the Serevi Vancouver International rugby sevens tournament.

If the Northwest Giants never meet the Vancouver Canadians in a B.C. major midget playoff game again, it will be too soon for the Burnaby-based hockey team.

The Burnaby Winter Club had to settle for a silver medal at the B.C. Hockey bantam Tier 2 provincial championships in Trail on Wednesday.

The Simon Fraser University club hockey team learned a tough lesson at the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League playoffs this weekend.

Canada's junior national field hockey team is making hay on a two-week tour in Chile. The junior nats, including Ali Currimbhoy, Gabriel Ho-Garcia and C.J.