Local Sports

The junior varsity Knights took a huge weight off the collective shoulders of St. Thomas More Collegiate. The Knights used their speed and skill to upset the defending two-time provincial high school football champion Mt.

Burnaby Lake Rugby Club did not come away empty handed from the Lower Mainland Cup finals. The premier men lost the Miller Cup, but came away with the Division I Cup final at Klahanie Park in West Vancouver on Saturday.

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.

St. Thomas More's humbling 54-7 loss to Mt. Douglas in the semifinal of the provincial varsity football championship has a positive side to it. "For our boys, it's a wake-up call," said STM junior varsity head coach Dave Ruzycki.

Burnaby district football players ran away with a number of the top awards at the Subway Bowl awards banquet last Saturday. Notre Dame regional school's Michael Herdman was named the B.C. secondary schools' AAA defensive MVP.

Thirteen-time champion North Shore Winter Club could be the early pre-tournament favourite to win the 49th annual Bantam Christmas bantam AAA hockey tournament in Burnaby this year.

Simon Fraser University split its men's basketball matches last weekend. The Clan lost 102-87 to the Humboldt State Lumberjacks on Saturday before rebounding with a 73-60 victory over Southern Oregon the following night.

The Simon Fraser University hockey club remained unbeaten in the B.C. Intercollegiate league following a 6-1 victory over Eastern Washington last Saturday.

Burnaby's Briannah Tsang earned two medals at the Top Gym competition in Charleroi, Belgium Nov. 27. Tsang won a gold medal in her specialty, the vault, with a double-twisting Yurchenko and a Yurchenko one-and-a-half.

Burnaby's Adam Helewka moved into the top 20 in scoring in the B.C. major midget hockey league, tallying three times in the Northwest Giants' 4-4 draw with the Okanagan Rockets at the Burnaby Winter Club last Saturday.