Local Sports

The Grandview Steelers open their junior B hockey main camp this Friday at the Burnaby Winter Club. Inter-squad games will be held on the morning of Aug. 19, mid-day on Aug. 20 and at 3 p.m. on Aug. 21 at the winter club.

A second all day Rage to the Cage lacrosse camp will be held at Canlan 8Rinks from Aug. 22 to 25. For more information or to register, call 604-838-2243 or log on www.ragelacrosse.com.

Burnaby's Mariya Chekanovych will be joining team Canada at the third annual FINA world junior swim championships in Lima, Peru.

If the regular season is any indication, we're in for a long Western Lacrosse Association playoff final. The matchup between the Langley Thunder and the three-time defending B.C. champions is an intriguing one.

Sherry Liu of Burnaby was the big story in week 2 at the Western Canada Summer Games in Kamloops. The 17-year-old Hyack Swim Club member won four gold medals and one silver in swimming in her first-ever Games at the Kamloops Aquatic Centre. B.C.

When Burnaby Lake Rugby Club's Pat Riordan leads Canada's national team onto the pitch against Tonga in its opening game of the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand next month, there will be much riding on the outcome.

Burnaby Lake Rugby Club's Josefa Dolesau scored two tries to lead B.C.'s senior men's team to a 31-29 win over the Prairie Wolf Pack in Kelowna on Saturday. Dolesau's pair of five-pointers both came in the opening half of play as the B.C.

If the regular season is any indication, we're in for a long Western Lacrosse Association playoff final. The matchup between the Langley Thunder and the three-time defending B.C. champions is an intriguing one.

The Burnaby Mountain Mantas swam away with 50 medals at the Simon Fraser Regional summer swim meet at Spani Pool in Coquitlam last Saturday.