Local Sports

The Northwest Giants found themselves in a three-way log jam for second place in the B.C. major midget hockey league following a weekend sweep over the last-place Kootenay Ice. The Giants defeated the Ice 4-0 at the Burnaby Winter Club last Saturday.

The United Soccer Leagues announced Christine Sinclair of Burnaby has been chosen for induction into the USL Hall of Fame on Tuesday. Sinclair will be inducted along with the rest of the class of 2011 at the USL Hall of Fame banquet on Friday, Dec.

The Grandview Steelers played some of their better hockey this week but came away with few points to show for it. The junior B Steelers gave up a late goal in a narrow 3-1 loss to runaway conference leading Richmond Sockeyes on Sunday.

Burnaby/New Westminster schools will be involved in both the AA and AAA provincial boys' soccer championships taking place at Burnaby Lake-West next week.

Burnaby's Brandon Morley shared in a gold medal with Canada West at the World Jr. A Hockey Classic in Langley. The 17-year-old B.C.

Injuries, weather and no-shows spelled an ignominious defeat for the Moscrop Panthers in the first-round of B.C. high school Tier II football playoffs.

Brian Stewart of Burnaby was named the third star in an East Coast Hockey League game on Saturday. Stewart blocked 25 shots to help the Elmira Jackals to a 4-2 win over the Reading Royals. Stewart is currenly fourth in the ECHL with a 0.

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.