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Bruce Wilson has a vivid memory when he was a little tyke living on Union Street in North Burnaby when his father first took him and his brother, two years older than Bruce, to Confederation Park for a training session in his father’s favourite sport

All’s quiet on the Western Lacrosse Association front, but it’s not because there isn’t anything happening.

As underdogs go, it’s always best if you’re following the alpha one. The Alpha Aztecs are a prime example.

For the Burnaby Lakers, last year’s disappointment is about to have its silver lining. The Lakers expect to get a couple of starters from the Feb. 7 Western Lacrosse Association’s junior draft in Langley, where they hold the second overall pick.

Health and happiness go together like pancakes and syrup. The defending B.C. champion Burnaby South Rebels ate a lot of dry hotcakes to start the season, but this week it was nearly all sweetness.

There’s a three-year gap, as well as the wide variance of what life seems at 14 and 17. But when it comes to ice, Aleksa Rakic and Beres Clements share a lot in common. The pair, members of the Burnaby-based Champs International Skating Centre of B.

One-time Simon Fraser University hoop star Peter Guarasci is taking on a hefty and exciting role as the first-ever head coach and general manager of the Fraser Valley Bandits of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL).

British Columbia skip Tyler Tardi and vice-skip Sterling Middleton etched their names in the record book on Sunday night at the Art Hauser Centre in Prince Albert, Sask.

Michael Harroch and Quinton Hill may do their best work at opposite ends of the ice, but it’s often been that when both are working well, everything comes together.

With provisional times for the NCAA Indoor track and field championships in the bank, a trio of Simon Fraser University relay teams and two individuals will target the next few weeks as a chance to put those spots in writing.