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Football was lifechanging move for troubled youth

Winning a Minto Cup is hard, winning two in a row is even harder. The defending Canadian junior A lacrosse champion Coquitlam Adanacs found out the truth of that statement following a 12-7 loss to the Whitby Warriors in Okotoks, Alta. on Sunday.

Burnaby Field Hockey Club premier team players Ali Currimbhoy, C.J.

Gabriella Moro was a big winner for Burnaby at the West Kootenay's B.C. Senior Games last week. Moro, the current B.C. record holder in the women's 60-to-64 discus, won her specialty with a toss of 23.

Burnaby's Shirley Fu was in tough company at the Canadian junior table tennis open in North Vancouver last week.

Katrina Heinonen swam away a big winner at the B.C. Summer Swimming Association aquatic championships in Richmond this weekend. The New Westminster swimmer garnered four gold medals in Division 6 girls' races, including a 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.

Alex and Sumie Francois of Burnaby will be two players to watch when the B.C. bantam boys' and girls' gold championships gets underway at the Nico-Wynd Golf Course in Surrey on Thursday.

Lucas Gatto of Burnaby was overtaken in the final round of the B.C. juvenile boys' golf championship last week in Powell River.

Wesburn United FC may have surprised even themselves, winning the recent Seattle Xtreme Cup select soccer tournament in Washington.