Local Sports

Tom Berridge will be on holidays from Sept. 22 to Oct. 27. Alfie Lau will be in the sports chair in the interim.

Patrick Switzer is quickly becoming the king of the hill. The BCIT-sponsored skateboarder won his sixth straight International Gravity Sports Association sanctioned race of the year, taking first place in the Prince Edward County Gravity Festival 1.

St. Thomas More grad Jon Cornish rushed for 44 yards in the Calgary Stampeders' 30-20 win over Alberta rival Edmonton Eskimos in CFL play on Sept. 9.

Skiing champion also won school's coveted Sims prize

The Simon Fraser University women's volleyball team fell to 0-6 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference following a pair of straight-set losses at home last weekend.

Kyle Goltz and Alex Roberts scored two goals apiece to lift the Grandview Steelers to a 7-4 win over Port Moody in a junior B exhibition hockey game on Sunday.

Simon Fraser University improved its record to 4-0 in pre-season men's soccer. The Clan got goals from six different players en route to a 6-0 victory over Trinity Lutheran University on Wednesday.

A blood-spattered Canada team captain Pat Riordan led the Maple Leafs to a comefrom-behind 25-20 victory over Tonga in a Group A matchup at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand Wednesday. Playing with a strong wind at their back at Whangarei, N.Z.

Burnaby Lake Rugby Club won its Spray League openers over the Meraloma Club last Saturday. The Burnaby Lake elite and first-division teams both racked up more than 60 points to spoil the homeopening matches for their Palmer Cup opponents.