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More of The Record's 2013 year in review

A look at April, May, June and a peek at July in sports in the Royal City
Tyler Digby
Robert Morris University senior was drafted in the fourth round by Ottawa in the CFL college draft in May.

March:

 

The Hyack Swim Club placed second a the B.C. provincial AAA short course meet in Victoria.

 

April:

 

New West Barcelona compiled a 2-1-1 record at the GirlsCan Western Canada Showcase soccer tournament.

 

Team B.C. won its first-ever under-16 national ringette banner at the Canadian ringette championships in Fredericton, N.B.

 

The Northwest Giants lost a Game 3 tiebreaker 3-2 in double overtime to the Red Deer Optimist Chiefs in their Telus Cup qualifying series.

 

STM’s Darth Capellan won a gold medal at 50 kilograms at the Canadian juvenile wrestling championships in Saskatoon.

 

The Burnaby Winter Club and Burnaby Central Secondary School together formed a midget hockey academy that began competing in the Canadian Sports School Hockey League this fall.

 

Burnaby Winter Club had three bantam A1 skaters taken in the first round of the Western Hockey League draft, including Northwest Giants defenceman Dante Fabbro, seventh overall by Seattle.

 

The B.C. Aquasonics senior national stream team won a silver medal at the Canadian Open Synchronized Swimming Championships in Quebec City.

 

May:

 

The No. 6-seeded Douglas College Royals advanced to the Northwest community college women’s softball final for the first time in the program’s short, three-year history. Douglas lost the final by one run to Wenatchee Valley.

 

A combined Bby/NW under-15 girls’ basketball team won the provincial zone title in Langley.

 

Stefan Milosevic set five age-group pool records at the 39th Hyack Festival Youth Cup swim meet.

 

The Canadian Lacrosse Association announced the return a best-of-seven East versus West playoff format for the Minto Cup in 2014.

 

Burnaby Lake won a sixth provincial premier women’s rugby title in Victoria.

 

Ben Blais was a double medalist for Shasta at the Canadian trampoline championships in Ottawa.

 

Individual provincial champion Alan Tolusso led STM Knights to the B.C. high school AA golf championship title.

 

June:

 

New Westminster Secondary placed a program-best fourth place at the B.C. high school track and field championships.

 

St. Thomas More Collegiate had a best-ever, second-place aggregate finish at the B.C. high school track and field championships in Langley. The Knight boys also won school’s first provincial title.

 

Jordan Chin was part of the Coquitlam Tiger Cats flag football team that won the under-19 provincial championships.

 

Hyack Swim Club’s Sehajvir Singh, Ethan Laing, Dima Lim and Brian Ni set a new national age group record in the 12-and-under boys’ 400-metre medley relay.

 

United Rugby Club named three players to the under-20 women’s provincial team.

 

Murray Lehman was honoured for his induction into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame at a ceremony at Queen’s Park Arena.

 

Krista Woodward broke her own Canadian track and field championship meet mark in javelin to qualify for the world championships in August.

 

Raquel Tjernagel was named to the B.C. junior track and field team in the 200 metres.

 

STM grad Keynan Parker signed with the B.C. Lions as a defensive back.

 

Burnaby Winter Club’s Dante Fabbro was named the Hockey Nownewspaper’s 2013 minor hockey player of the year.

 

July:

 

Mihailo Stefanovic and Raquel Tjernagel were both named to the Athletics Canada world youth squad.

 

Jordan Quinn and Kelsey Lonergan were named the New Westminster Secondary Grade 12 athletes of the year.