Local Sports

Katerina Boiko won her third consecutive open women's singles title at the Stanley Park Open tennis championships. The local homeschooled 18-year-old and No. 2-ranked women's tennis player in B.C.

The Burnaby Mountain Mantas were big winners at the Simon Fraser regional summer swim champioinship meet in Coquitlam last weekend.

New Westminster Ethan Strome, who runs for the Vancouver Thunderbirds, won a silver medal in the 16/17 boys' 300 metre hurdles at the B.C. Provincial youth track and field championships in Kamloops last week.

The midget A2 New Westminster Salmonbellies capped an improbable march to the B.C. lacrosse provincial championships with a silver medal.

B.C. girls set the bar high at the female box lacrosse national championships in Halifax. B.C. came away with a pair of gold medals, including the first-ever junior girls' title at the all-star championships on Sunday.

The New Westminster Salmonbellies needed a win in their final Western Lacrosse Association home game of the season, but didn't get it.

The Vancouver Cannons failed to follow up on their first-round upset over Langley at the B.C. Premier Baseball League championships in Abbotsford this weeekend.

The Langley Thunder played like a desperate team and New Westminster didn't. That was the difference said Salmonbellies head coach Dan Perreault following his team's 5-3 loss to the Langley Thunder in Game 3 of the B.C.

Nina Schultz led an 11-medal haul by New West Spartans athletes at the B.C. Athletics championship jamboree in Kamloops last weekend. The 15-year-old won five individual medals, including gold in the girls' high jump and triple jump.