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The top-10-ranked Moscrop Panthers made short work of the Burnaby/ New Westminster district boys' volleyball final. The Panthers swept Burnaby South in straight sets in the championship final at Moscrop, winning 25-18, 25-15, 25-23 on Thursday.

The Notre Dame Jugglers took advantage of a road-weary Mt Boucherie Bears team and went on to a 34-21 win in a late-starting B.C. high school AAA football playoff game at B.C. Place on Friday.

Strong opening sets powered the Burnaby North Vikings to the Burnaby/New Westminster district girls' volleyball banner. The regular-season champion Vikings defeated the Burnaby South Rebels 3-1 in the championship final at North on Thursday.

Burnaby/New Westminster ringette Ice Breaker tournament

Simon Fraser University nearly doubled its lead atop the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League with a pair of wins against Eastern Washingon University last week. The Clan opened the weekend series with a 7-0 win on Remembrance Day.

The Douglas College Royals volleyball team should be in for a rise in the polls following a weekend sweep of the defending Canadian collegiate champion and No. 5-ranked Columbia Bible College.

The New Westminster Hyacks chose a tough first-round opponent to tackle. In fact it was a lack of tackling that was mostly responsible for the Hyacks' 52-20 defeat to the Centennial Centaurs in the opening round of the B.C.

Strong opening sets powered the Burnaby North Vikings to the Burnaby/New Westminster district girls' volleyball banner. The regular-season champion Vikings defeated the Burnaby South Rebels 3-1 in the championship final at North on Thursday.

The top-10-ranked Moscrop Panthers made short work of the Burnaby/New Westminster district boys' volleyball final. The Panthers swept Burnaby South in straight sets in the championship final at Moscrop, winning 25-18, 25-15, 25-23 on Thursday.

Swimmer Sherry Liu is on a journey of self-discovery. That is what Hyack Swim Club coach Mark Bottrill calls the Burnaby 17-year-old's accomplishments that led up to her earning a place at the recent Pan American Games in Mexico.