Local Sports

Swimmer Sherry Liu is on a journey of self-discovery. That is what Hyack Swim Club coach Mark Bottrill calls the Burnaby 17-year-old's accomplishments that led up to her earning a place at the recent Pan American Games in Mexico.

A hat trick by Justin Dhaliwal ensured the Cariboo Hill Chargers their first provincial soccer championship appearance in a decade.

The Northwest Giants gave up second place in the B.C. major midget hockey league following a weekend matchup with the Greater Vancouver Canadians. The Giants earned just a single point in the twogame series at the Burnaby Winter Club.

Douglas College running club's Emily Weeks placed third in the female 20-to-24 age class at the International Triathlon Union world championships in Henderson, Nevada Nov. 5.

A critical fourth-and-goal stop on the one-foot line sent the New Westminster Hyacks into the B.C. high school AAA varsity football playoffs.

District champion Burnaby Central gave a good account of itself at the B.C. high school cross-country championships in Westbank last Saturday.

New Westminster's Kyle Robinson was named to the Canadian University field lacrosse association East division All-Canadian team on defence. Robinson, a 2008 grad of the Burnaby Mountain Selects program, is a junior at McGill University in Montreal.

Junior national champion Tumai Baptiste led Master's Taekwondo at the B.C. Master's Cup at Capilano University last Saturday. Baptiste, a 15-year-old Moscrop Secondary student, won the gold medal in the featherweight A division at the competition.