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Stampeder finishes 2011 with star and contract

November: Jon Cornish was named a CFL West division all-star running back. Total Martial Arts won the Grand Championship Cup at the Canadian Martial Arts championships. Harpal Chandi was named the best overall black belt competitor.

November:

Jon Cornish was named a CFL West division all-star running back.

Total Martial Arts won the Grand Championship Cup at the Canadian Martial Arts championships. Harpal Chandi was named the best overall black belt competitor.

Douglas College upset the defending Canadian college champion Columbia Bible College in men's volleyball.

Kyle Robinson was named to the Canadian University field lacrosse East division AllCanadian team on defence.

Ray Porcellato was appointed the junior A New Westminster Salmonbellies assistant general manager.

Shasta club's Chelsea Nerpio competed at the World Trampoline Championships in England.

Casey Chin received a Clan Pride award on defence at Simon Fraser University's year-end football team awards.

Nathan Stewart was ranked eighth in Lacrosse - Inside the Game's list of top graduating Canadian field lacrosse players.

Marchela Fajth was named to the academic all-district women's soccer team and the Sun Conference all-academic team in Florida.

Laura Gordon won four of five matches at the Harry Geris dual wrestling championships in Ontario.

Cariboo Hill Chargers placed second at the B.C. high school AA boys' soccer championships.

Burnaby Lake Rugby Club won the Anna Schnell Cup Tier 1 women's rugby final.

Point guard Alisha Roberts committed to Pepperdine University.

SFU and UBC agree to play a hockey showcase in new year.

Burnaby Lake women won the Lower Mainland Tier 1 rugby championship to go along with their provincial and summer 7s titles earned earlier in the year.

Kyle Madden earned a scholarship at the Subway Bowl football awards banquet. Madden was also selected to the 3A provincial all-star team.

Sherry Liu placed eighth in the women's 800-metre freestyle A final at the Canada Cup swim championships.

December:

Jeremy Wilson was named varsity MVP at the New Westminster Hyacks high school football team awards. Julian Ramirez was the JV MVP.

Goalie Ross Bowman was named to the Canadian under19 men's national field lacrosse team.

Jon Cornish signed a contract extension with the CFL Calgary Stampeders.

Kevin Crowley scored a goal and had two assists in his pro debut with the NLL Philadelphia Wings.

Jordan Or led the PacWest conference in digs at the halfway mark of the men's collegiate volleyball season.

New Westminster Hyack boys' and girls' teams won their respective Bob Gair Classic basketball tournament.

Brenden and Matthew Bissett helped Canada's men's field hockey team defeat the United States in a four-game test series.

New Westminster won both the A and C bronze medal at the annual Herb House hockey tournament.

SFU's Alan Koch was named NCAA Far West region soccer coach of the year.

Lucas Gatto was third at the Maple Leaf Junior national golf championships.

STM Knights won senior girls' Chancellor basketball tournament.

Alisha Roberts was named to the all-tournament team at the Telus Basketball Classic.

Nick Dasovic was named coach of Canada's under-20 men's soccer team.

Christine Sinclair finished in the top 3 for Canadian Press female athlete of the year behind winner Jennifer Heil and speedskater Christine Nesbitt.

Kyle Turris was traded by Phoenix to the Ottawa Senators on Dec. 17.

STM won the B.C. high school AAA junior varsity football title over Mt. Douglas.

STM placed sixth at the B.C. high school AA girls' volleyball championships.

Gabriel Ho-Garcia scored his first-ever goal for Canada's senior field hockey team.

Pat Anderson, the first head coach of the Burnaby Lake Rugby Club, died of a heart attack on Dec. 19.

Canada's junior field hockey team beat the U.S. in a four-match test in San Diego.

Dezaray Hawes won a berth into the provincial junior girls' curling championships.

Ken McArdle and Chris Baier won their respective A and B berths into the B.C. men's curling championships.

John Pineda won the men's 60-kilogram freestyle wrestling division at the Canadian Olympic qualification trials in Winnipeg. Burnaby Mountain's Arjan Bhullar, Haislan Garcia and Matt Gentry also qualified for London 2012.