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Three Burnaby ice dancers made a solid showing in the junior division at the Canadian figure skating championships in Moncton, N.B. last week.

Three Burnaby ice dancers made a solid showing in the junior division at the Canadian figure skating championships in Moncton, N.B. last week.

The Burnaby South Rebels found the perfect stage on which to showcase their basketball team. The Rebels upset AAA No. 3-ranked Walnut Grove in the opening game of the Vancouver College Emerald Tournament.

Moscrop Secondary student Tumai Baptiste medalled in two separate divisions at the Canadian Taekwondo junior nationals and senior team trials in Vanouver earlier this month. The 15-year-old Baptiste won a silver medal in the A featherweight division.

University of Denver defenceman Joey LaLeggia of Burnaby was named the Western Collegiate Hockey Association defensive player of the week on Jan. 17.

It's your turn to pick the winner. Sport B.C., in partnership with the province of British Columbia, encourages all British Columbians to have their say in naming the top provincial athlete of 2011 by voting online at SportBC.com.

The took a two-game set from the Fraser Valley Bruins in B.C. major midget hockey last weekend. The front-running Giants swept the Bruins 3-0 at home Saturday, before taking the second game by a 4-1 score in Chilliwack.

Former Grandview Steeler Joey Pavone tallied a hat trick to help give the Simon Fraser University club men's hockey teasm a 6-2 victory over the visiting Eastern Washington Eagles on Saturday.

Mathew Barzal's team-leading seventh goal of the tournament gave the Burnaby Winter Club Bruins third place at the 33rd annual John Reid Memorial bantam hockey tournament in St. Albert, Alta.