Local Sports

Burnaby Minor Baseball will be hosting both the AAA mosquito and single A peewee provincial championships on back-to-back weekends at Kensington Park.

Parity in the Western Lacrosse Association is going to put a big damper on at least three senior A clubs this year. With the final week of the regular season soon to unfold, the possible final scenarios for all seven teams are too many to mention.

Hyack Swim Club's Sherry Liu is off to Mexico after a silver medal swim at the Canadian summer nationals on Sunday.

Charlie Hughes of Burnaby tied for seventh place at the B.C. amateur golf championships in Kamloops. Hughes carded a fourround 281, including a five-under 67 in the final round to finish at sevenunder-par. St.

Meet me in Burnaby: Brooklyn Sartori eyes the finish line in a girls' 50-metre freestyle heat at the Burnaby Barracudas A/B summer swim meet at Central Park outdoor pool last Saturday.

Two big plays by Mikey Carney was all B.C. needed to win the bronze medal at Football Canada's under-18 Canada Cup in Lethbridge, Alta. Carney, the Grade 11 provincial high school player of the year, was named B.C.

Burnaby defenceman Karl Alzner signed on for another two years with the Washington Capitals on July 17. Last season, Alzner, 22, completed his first full season in the NHL, garnering two goals and 10 assists, and a plus-14.

Three girls on Burnaby's provincial gold-medal-winning bantam lacrosse team will be headlining Team B.C. at the 2011 national girls' lacrosse championships in New Westminster, beginning Saturday. B.C.

The Burnaby Lakers pulled off a major upset in the Western Lacrosse Association last week. The unheralded senior A Lakers knocked off the No.