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New Westminster sports briefs

A snippet of what's happening in and around the Royal City in sports

Monica Disanjh had a five-point weekend for the West Coast Avalanche AAA midget female hockey team.

Disanjh scored a go-ahead goal in the Av’s 3-2 victory over the Kootenay Wildcats at Canlan 8Rinks last Saturday.

The New Westminster forward also scored her fifth goal of the season, while also adding three assists in a 6-0 win over the Vancouver Island Hurricanes on Sunday.

Busy for Blues

New Westminster’s Rachael Sider was busy in the University of Toronto Varsity Blues’ 70-56 upset win over Queen’s in women’s basketball last week.

Sider scored 17 points, while adding three rebounds, three assists and two steals to help Toronto move into sole possession of fourth place in the Ontario University Association east division.

Double delight

St. Thomas More grad Lexie Der recorded her second double-double of the season for the Boise State Broncos last Saturday.

The sophomore forward  scored 11 points and added a team-high 10 rebounds in a 55-48 loss to Wyoming in Mountain West conference women’s basketball.

It was Der’s fifth career double-double.

Trade for futures

The junior A New Westminster Salmonbellies dealt first-year defender Patrick Thornhill and intermediate Nathan Marken to the Port Coquitlam Saints for future considerations on Jan. 12.

Last year, Thornhill registered one assist and 83 minutes in penalties for the junior ’Bellies.

Marken scored 20 goals and garnered 40 points for the New West intermediate A team last season.