Local Sports

Burnaby Lake Rugby Club did not come away empty handed from the Lower Mainland Cup finals. The premier men lost the Miller Cup but came away with the Division I Cup final at Klahanie Park in West Vancouver on Saturday.

Four New Westminster field lacrosse players helped the Burnaby Mountain Selects to winning records at the Ultimate Performance Lacrosse Fall Shootout I & II at South River High School in Annapolis, Maryland last month.

It's going to be an exciting second half to the B.C. Major Midget hockey season.

Simon Fraser University salvaged a 3-3 tie after giving up three goals in the middle period to the University of Victoria in B.C. Intercollegiate hockey last week.

New West Spartans Fantastic Five midget and junior development athletes received awards in seven events at the recent 2011 B.C. Athletics annual awards banquet. Ahmad Nizamani was a gold medalist in long jump, with a leap of 6.

The Grandview Steelers are finding it hard to escape the basement in the Pacific International Junior Hockey League. The Burnaby Winter Club-based club split two games last week, starting with a 5-4 victory over the Port Moody Black Panthers on Dec.

The New Westminster Hyacks high school football team gave out its team awards at the program's annual year-end banquet at the Roma Hall in Queensborough last Friday. Jeremy Wilson walked away with the varsity MVP award.

The HSBC Basketball Classic, the prestigious, elite invitational basketball tournament that has kicked off the boys' and girls' high school season in the Lower Mainland for 12 years, is no more.

First all-tournament team star Ariana Sider led the New Westminster Hyacks to fifth place at the Century 21 girls' basketball tourney at W.J. Mouat on Saturday.