Local Sports

The announcement on Monday that plans are on schedule regarding the creation of the Western Canada Tennis Training Centre in Burnaby, was welcomed by many.

St. Thomas More student-athlete Katelyn Stewart-Barnett added to what has been a terrific summer with a gold-medal performance at the Legion national youth track and field championships in Cape Breton last week. As a member of Team B.C.

Canadian tennis is on the rise, thanks to such names as Bianca Andreescu, Milos Raonic, Eugenie Bouchard and Felix Auger-Aliassime.

The season may have ended disappointingly early and the sting is still fresh, but the Burnaby Lakers have a few things to celebrate.

The Watson Centre Society for Brain Health reopens tonight (Aug. 8) with a special guest with a special story.

From land to water, Quinn Storey has taken his own route in the sports evolutionary game. The Burnaby teen may have found his footing as a rower.

Burnaby’s Luna Lu posted two rounds under par en route to cracking the top-five leaderboard at the Canadian Juvenile Girls Golf championships in Lethbridge, Alta., last week. In a particularly strong field, led by a number of B.C.

Hanif Mawji spun a pair of gold medals at last week’s B.C. Boccia provincial championships in Victoria. A national team member and Burnaby native, Mawji captured the individual mixed division title 5-3 over Paul Jalbert of Prince George.

If it's the end of the Western Lacrosse Association's regular season, then it must be time for the slow roll-out of the league annual awards.

Perseverance and mental toughness were key reasons the Burnaby midget B Lakers found themselves in the thick of it last week at the B.C. Lacrosse midget B provincial championships in Langley. Determination and teamwork got them the banner.