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New Westminster Barcelona under-16-aged soccer team has another challenge ahead of it.

The Burnaby South Rebels staved off a fourth-quarter rally by the Sardis Falcons to move on in the championship round at the B.C. high school AAA boys' basketball championships in Langley.

Simon Fraser University has a mountain to climb in its B.C. Intercollegiate hockey final against Selkirk College this weekend.

The New Westminster Salmonbellies will be taking on the New West Police Department at the second annual Cops for Cancer charity hockey game on Wednesday, March 20. Game time is 7 p.m. at Queens Park Arena.

Goaltending is likely to be the key position if the Northwest Giants hope to get past the Greater Vancouver Canadians in the B.C. major midget hockey semifinal playoff this weekend.

Former Burnaby Express junior A defenceman Patrick Wiercioch scored his first career NHL goal for the Ottawa Senators in a 3-2 shootout loss to the New York Islanders on March 3.

Action packed: An Action Burnaby club volleyball player was having fun against the North Shore Stars in a 15-and-under Super Volley competition held at Byrne Creek Secondary School on Sunday.

Simon Fraser University was far from its best in the Great Northwest conference women's basketball final. The No.

The St. Thomas More Knights made program history, becoming the first junior varsity girls' basketball team from Burnaby to finish in the top eight at the B.C. high school championships.