Local Sports

Healthy and recharged, the Penticton Vees captain is making up for lost time. By the way he’s been playing, nothing has been lost on Burnaby’s Massimo Rizzo.

They haven’t played a game for a couple of weeks, but the honours keep coming for the Simon Fraser University men’s soccer team.

It wasn’t a sixth sense that kept the Burnaby Mountain Lions on an uphill drive, despite being underdogs in nearly every big test during a short senior boys high school soccer season.

The road to gold for the Burnaby South Rebels last year was one of paved with personal discovery and a lot of hard work. There was also a dose of disappointment.

Make no bones about it, Burnaby North Vikings are glad to be there. But the senior girls volleyball team is going to test the waters and see if they can make a splash at this week’s provincial AAAA championships in Penticton.

The Simon Fraser University men’s swim team dialed it up at the Magnus Cup meet in Cleveland, Ohio, last week en route to a second-place finish.

With the wind-up of last week’s senior girls AA Lower Mainlands not being all they hoped for, the St. Thomas More Knights are now on a mission to bring it home. As the squad entered the prep week for the provincial championships, which run Nov.

In an unlucky twist of fate, the Alpha Aztecs were unbeaten at this week’s AA provincial soccer championships in Burnaby but came away with the short end of the straw.

Four teams are going to punch a Big Ticket this weekend on Burnaby Mountain. Forty students, meanwhile, will reap the benefits towards their next step in scholarship awards.

Confidence and persistence came to play for the Burnaby North Vikings. The senior girls volleyball team displayed both elements en route to finishing fourth at last week’s Lower Mainland championships.