New Westminster came away with a bronze medal from the B.C. intermediate lacrosse provincial championships in Richmond.
The intermediate B Salmonbellies disposed of Quesnel for a second time at the provincials, winning 12-7 in the bronze-medal final at Minoru Stadium on Sunday.
Earlier in the playdowns, New West defeated the interior club 11-5. The B ’Bellies dropped their opening game 9-3 to the eventual champions Coquitlam on Friday. On Saturday, the teen Salmonbellies lost 17-6 to Cowichan Valley.
Coquitlam won the gold medal 13-9 over Cowichan.
In the A final, Port Coquitlam beat Victoria 14-10 to take provincial gold.
Minor boys’ nationals
New Westminster and Coquitlam are the co-hosts of the national peewee, bantam and midget boys’ box lacrosse championships, which run until Saturday.
Gold medal finals kick off at Queen’s Park Arena beginning at 11:45 a.m. with the peewee final. The midget final follows at 1:45 p.m., with the bantam boys’ gold-medal matchup scheduled for 3:45 p.m.
Swim medal at age group nats
Hyack Swim Club’s Wendy Yang won a silver medal in the 15-year-old girls’ 50-metre freestyle at the recent AAA age group national swim championships in Winnipeg.
Brodie Young set a club record for 13/14 boys’ with a 33.03 time in the 50m breaststroke on Day 1 of the competition. Sherry Liu just missed a bronze medal, touching fourth in a time of 8:54.07 in the 1,500m. Sehajvir Singh placed fourth in the 50m free and 200m backstroke.
New West qualify for single A
The New Westminster/Surrey Angels qualified for the B.C. Minor Baseball bantam single A provincial championships, which will begin Wednesday, Aug. 6 at Kensington Park. New Westminster was not able to field a full 15-and-under bantam team, so coach Doug Kelly from Surrey picked up seven players from New West to fill out the qualifying team. New West pickups are Jack Ray, Nick Coles, Ben Karwacki, Connor Suffron, Liam Morrison, Spencer Selinger and Josh Harder.
The championships run from Wednesday to Sunday. The championship final is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Kensington Field 1.
