Local Sports

Brent Fletcher of New Westminster is riding a threegame point streak with the Merritt Centennials into the B.C. Hockey League Interior Conference semifinal playoffs.

The Metro Eagles faced off against the AthElite Academy at the South Burnaby Metro Club's under-13 basketball tournament at Bonsor Recreation recently. The Eagles won the game.

The Simon Fraser University club hockey team learned a tough lesson at the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League playoffs this weekend.

Vancouver Giants' mascot Jack the Giant visited kids during Brentwood Town Centre's spring break activity day. The Giants also brought out their dance team to get kids hopping.

If the Northwest Giants never meet the Vancouver Canadians in a B.C. major midget playoff game again, it will be too soon for the Burnaby-based hockey team.

New Westminster field lacrosse recruits are turning heads for the first-year ASA junior college team in New York. Goalie Blake Duncan currently leads the nation with 62 saves, including an average 15.5 stops per game.

When Burnaby Central schoolmate Neil Sami volunteered Curtis Moss to throw javelin for the high school track and field team, the Olympic Games were the farthest thing from his mind.

The New Westminster Salmonbellies will be putting down their lacrosse sticks and lacing up the hockey skates for a fun fundraising game against the New Westminster Police Service next week.

The St. Thomas More Knights completed a near-perfect Grade 8 girls' basketball season, capturing the school's first-ever B.C. high school championship.