Local Sports

Fifth-year Douglas College Royals post Amonda Francis was named a recent PacWest women's basketball player of the week.

Cheer on the Simon Fraser University club hockey team and support a good cause as well. This Saturday, the Clan will take on the third-place Thompson Rivers University squad at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre.

The Douglas College Royals men's volleyball team is picking up from where it left off from last year. The 2012 Canadian Colleges' Athletic Association silver medalists currently lead the PacWest with an 11-1 record at the December break.

Simon Fraser University's march to the NCAA Division II men's soccer final was scuttled by the Saginaw Valley State Cardinals in the national semifinal played Thursday in Evans, Georgia.

What New Westminster Hyack lineman Arjun Venkatesh brought to the table was much more than a 6-2, 245-pound frame. The senior starting varsity Hyack centre was voted the B.C.

The Royal City Hyacks community football program put forward a spirited year this season. The atom Black Hyacks lost a recent disappointing 26-18 semifinal to the eventual league champion Coquitlam Lions.

The St. Thomas More Knights second-half magic was almost enough against the championship-bound Vancouver College Fighting Irish.

Simon Fraser University won its first official home stand as a full member in NCAA Division II women's basketball.

Gaby Jones and Mary McQueen of New Westminster were among 16 Team B.C. field lacrosse players who signed national letters of intent with university programs down south.

Douglas College badminton players turned some heads in an Alberta Series event in Edmonton last weekend.