Local Sports

Simon Fraser University split a pair of games at the Thanksgiving Classic men's basketball tournament in Belmont, California last week.

The red line: Carson Rerup, centre, accepts a pass from Jack Sutherland, right, as Gurtej Sumra and Reid Hinds-MacDonald look on in the New Westminster Royals' 7-1 win over the Vancouver Minor Grizzlies in a Hockey 3 level game at Queen's Park Arena

Simon Fraser University was pegged 17th in the NCAA by USA Today Sports in a Division II coaches poll on Tuesday. The Clan women's basketball team was picked to finish second in the Great Northwest conference in pre-season polling.

The Cariboo Hill Chargers got what they came for - a provincial medal. Although the eastside Burnaby school was denied a place in the B.C.

Nicholas Hermary's three-point game boosted the Grandview Steelers into third place in the Pacific International Junior Hockey League.

Owen Sidel scored the game-winning goal in overtime to give the Burnaby Winter Club Bruins its second consecutive tournament win in Medicine Hat.

The Northwest Giants moved to 16 games without a loss following a two-game sweep over the Kootenay Ice. The Giants blanked the Ice in both encounters in Castlegar last weekend, taking the opener 5-0 before winning the rematch by an 8-0 score.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was named the first star in the Oklahoma City Barons' 5-2 win over the Milwaukee Admirals in an American Hockey League game last Saturday.

Carver Christian High School qualified for both the B.C. high school A senior boys' and girls' provincial volleyball championships next week. The boys defeated Chemainus in a wildcard qualifier on Monday.