Local Sports

Three Coquitlam Express players were named to the B.C. Hockey League Coastal Conference first team.

The Burnaby Mountain Wrestling Club topped the team aggregate in three of four junior and senior men's and women's divisions at the national championships in St. Catharines, Ont. this weekend.

Queen Elizabeth isn't the only one celebrating a special anniversary this year. The South Burnaby Metro Club was founded in 1952 and also plans to mark turning 60 with special events and programs in 2012.

A number of teams and individuals from BC were recently recognized for their success and dedication to soccer.

Brent Lawrence of Burnaby and Jack Thompson from Coquitlam represented B.C. very well on the ball diamond for the Northern State University Wolves of South Dakota this past week in Tempe, Arizona for the opening week for NCAA college baseball.

The New Westminster atom A hockey team saved the best for last at the Tier 3 final four league playoff championship in West Vancouver last weekend.

New Westminster Grade 10 student Louisa Tsang was the female winner of the Jean-Philipe LeGuellec trophy at the Royal Canadian cadet biathlon.

A slow third quarter may have cost the St. Thomas More Knights a second B.C. high school boys' basketball title.

Douglas College's Jeff Taylor will finish his Canadian collegiate volleyball career with a silver medal.