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Canada earned silver medals in both the men's and women's divisions at the Pan American junior field hockey championships for the first time in more than a decade.

Captain Lindsey Butterworth led the Simon Fraser University women's cross-country team to the aggregate title at the Emerald City Open in Seattle on Saturday. Butterworth finished fourth in a time of 22.35.

The Northwest Giants remained the sole undefeated team in the B.C. major midget hockey league with a pair of one-goal wins over rival Cariboo Cougars.

Simon Fraser University was brought back to earth by conference-leading Central Washington in NCAA Division II football.

United Rugby Club, in dark, took on Capilano in a recent women's rugby match during a drier spell of weather in the Lower Mainland.

A school record touchdown scoring play helped the St. Thomas More Knights to a 36-6 victory over injury-riddled Terry Fox in B.C. AAA high school football last Friday.

The New Westminster Hyacks fumbled their way into the B.C. high school AAA football basement with a 32-6 loss to the Notre Dame Jugglers last Friday.

It's not often that 309 yards and four touchdowns is overshadowed, but Aldrin Asuncion's supreme effort on Friday for the New Westminster Hyacks paled in comparison to Nathan Lund's handiwork.

Westcoast Curling Classic wrapped up in Royal City