Local Sports

Burnaby North placed 17th at the B.C. high school junior boys' volleyball championships this weekend. The junior Vikings opened with a close 25-20, 25-19 loss to eventual provincial champion Langley Fundamental in the team's first round-robin match.

Karate B.C. provincials in Burnaby

Burnaby's Mariya Chekanovych, swimming for Simon Fraser Aquatic Club, won a pair of races in breaststroke at the Canada Cup in Toronto last weekend.

The Burnaby Minor Bulldogs bantam A2 hockey team travelled to Merritt during Grey Cup weekend and captured the gold medal with an exciting 6-4 win over the Langley Eagles.

The Mt. Douglas stole a page from the Centennial Centaurs playbook and ran up the score against the St. Thomas More Knights in a painful one-sided B.C. high school AAA football semifinal at UBC's Thunderbird Stadium Saturday.

Dylan Gant of Burnaby placed in the top 15 at the Canadian cross-country championships in Vancouver this Saturday. Gant, a Burnaby Central and Simon Fraser University grad, finished in 14th spot in the men's 10-kilometre race in a time of 34.03.

Burnaby's Sam Carino was named to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport All-Canadian second team on defence. The St. Thomas More Collegiate grad and University of B.C. Thunderbird senior was named as a corner back on the elite all-star roster on Nov.

Simon Fraser University women's basketball forward Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe was named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference player of the week on Wednesday.