Local Sports

It's time for New Westminster's Goalgetters summer soccer camp. Now in its 37th year, Goalgetters will be holding a one-week soccer camp at Mercer Stadium in New Westminster from Monday, Aug. 20 to 24.

B.C.'s minor lacrosse teams settled for a silver-medal sweep at the Canadian minor lacrosse national championships in Whitby, Ont. The provincial midget, bantam and peewee boys' team all fell to powerhouse Ontario in the goldmedal finals on Saturday.

The Burnaby Girls Sparks want your vote. The under-11 Select B squad was named one of 15 teams from across Canada as a BMO Team of the Week.

Samantha Drescher has a lot to look back on from her final year at St. Thomas More Collegiate. Drescher was voted her team MVP at the B.C. AA provincial volleyball championships, where STM placed sixth, tops among all Lower Mainland schools.

Team B.C. is facing a semifinal showdown in all three age divisions at the national minor lacrosse championships in Whitby, Ont. today (Friday). The runner-up B.C.

Burnaby Olympian, Curtis Moss, failed to move on to the final of the men's javelin at the London Games on Wednesday. The 25-year-old Burnaby resident threw the javelin 78.

It's come down to all or nothing for the Burnaby Lakers senior A lacrosse team. The Lakers fell 10-6 to the Langley Thunder in Game 3 of the Western Lacrosse Association bestof-seven semifinal playoff at the Langley Events Centre on Tuesday.

A late goal in extra time by Diana Matheson gave the Canadian women's soccer team the country's 10th bronze medal of the London Olympic Games on Thursday.

Last year's unsung hero was named the 2012 winner of the Gord Nicholson Trophy as the Western Lacrosse Association's best defensive player. Langley Thunders Brett Mydske of New Westminster was a unanimous choice for the award.

Team B.C. won its first-ever Canadian Lacrosse Association female midget and bantam box lacrosse national championship titles at Bear Mountain Arena in Victoria. The B.C.