Local Sports

Young champion up against highprofile sports at Sport B.C. awards

A series win against the Kooteney Ice this weekend would lock up first place in the B.C. major midget hockey league for the Nortwest Giants.

The Grandview Steelers started the month of February out right with a pair of wins last week.

The depth of the St. Thomas More Knights wrestling program was evident at the recent Alberni Invitational meet.

Kaleigh Fratkin of Burnaby scored her third goal of the season for Boston University in the school's 5-2 win over Harvard in the opening game of the 34th annual Beanpot women's hockey tournament on Feb. 1.

Baun Adlington was named the new head coach for the Burnaby junior B Lakers lacrosse club. The posting is a step up from minor, where he coached the midget A1 and A2 teams, as well as a bantam A club on the North Shore.

Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe's boosted the Simon Fraser University women's basketball team to its seventh win on home court.

Burnaby's Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had an immediate impact in his return to the Edmonton Oilers lineup.

What's in a name? Well, quite a lot if you happen to belong to the Burnaby Minor Hockey Association. After 47 years without a formal moniker, the well respected Lower Mainland amateur sports body is searching for an appropriate identity.