Local Sports

Cariboo Hill is in action today (Wednesday) on the final day of the B.C. high school AA boys' soccer provincial championship tournament at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex-West. Final is at noon.

Swimmer Mariya Chekanovych of Burnaby committed to Simon Fraser University next season. Chekanovych is one of the top five swimmers in the country in the 200metre breaststroke. I'm so excited to be joining the SFU swimming program.

An upstart St. Thomas More Knights volleyball team is peaking at just the right time. The third-place league finisher upset both league champion St. Patrick's and runner-up Little Flower Academy en route to the independent league playoff title.

Burnaby North came oh-so-close to qualifying for the B.C. high school 4A girls' volleyball championships.

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Former Burnaby Laker junior A star Kaleb Toth will return to the Calgary Roughnecks of the National Lacrosse League for a 13th season after signing a one-year contract with the club last week. Toth, 34, recorded 53 points last season.

Both Moscrop and Burnaby North are on their way to the B.C. High School AAA boys' volleyball championships later this month.

Burnaby Wildcats midget girls team at Wickenheiser Festival

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins of Burnaby had a career night in a 9-2 victory over the NHL's top team.