Local Sports

It wasn't exactly five in a row, but it was the next best thing for the St. Thomas More Knights golf team.

The New Westminster Salmonbellies lost their first meeting of the B.C. Junior Lacrosse League season to Coquitlam. Two stout defences played centre-stage at the Queen's Park Arena following the Adanacs' 5-3 win over the host Salmonbellies.

Shasta Trampoline Club tumbler Olivio Bortolazzo earned a pair of bronze medals at the Canadian national championships in Regina last week.

Third again: The New Westminster Twins tied Kerrisdale, in green, 2-2 in this game but went on to win the team's second straight bronze medal at the Hyack Festival major baseball tournament at Moody Park last week.

Simon Fraser University men's soccer head coach Alan Koch announced two new additions to the coaching staff for the 2012 season. James Merriman of Nanaimo and Nour Fathy of Burnaby will join the Clan this fall.

Third best: A Burnaby/New Westminster girls' basketball team won the bronze medal at the provincial under-14 zone championships in Langley last weekend The BurWest squad, including New Westminster Senior Secondary's Justice Steer, Anjelika Ku and Nik

Ten Burnaby Mountain Selects products were honoured by their respective field lacrosse conferences last month. Former New West Salmonbellie junior T.J.

Hockey Now announced today that Burnaby Winter Club bantam Mathew Barzal and Jansen Harkins from the North Shore Winter Club are the co-winners of the 2012 Hockey Now Minor Hockey Player of the Year award. The honour is handed out annually to a B.C.

At 19 years of age, Spencer Knowles has been around almost as long as the Motocross nationals he hopes to make an impact in.