Local Sports

Burnaby defenceman Chris Busto will captain this season's Grandview Steelers through the Pacific International Junior Hockey League season.

Kevin Crowley of New Westminster was made the top pick in the National Lacrosse League pro entry draft on Wednesday. The multi award-winning Stony Brook University grad was taken first overall by the Philadelphia Wings.

Alpha Secondary School grad Megan Ellis had nine kills to help Portland State University snap an eight-game losing streak in NCAA Division I women's volleyball.

The Moscrop Panthers blanked the Isfeld Ice 38-0 in exhibition Tier II varsity high school football last Friday. Moscrop quarterback Jesse Johnston completed 19 of 22 passes for 219 yards and two touchdowns in the first half of play.

Former Northwest Giants major midget star forward Alex Kerfoot helped Team Black to a 2-0 record at the Canada West junior hockey evaluation camp in Canmore, Alta. last week.

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.