Local Sports

Hyack Swim Club's Sherry Liu had a couple of strong showings at the Canada Cup swim championships in Etobicoke, Ont. last weekend. Liu placed eighth in the women's 800-metre freestyle A final, clocking a time of 9:03.06 in the elite field.

New Westminster's Kyle Turris is expected to play his first game for the Phoenix Coyotes since agreeing to terms with the parent club last week.

The Douglas College badminton team continued its winning ways, sweeping the second straight tournament at Capilano University last weekend.

The Mt. Douglas Rams stole a page from the Centennial Centaurs play-book and ran up the score against the St. Thomas More Knights in a painful one-sided B.C. high school AAA football semifinal at UBC's Thunderbird Stadium on Saturday.

Karate B.C. provincials

The St. Thomas More senior girls' volleyball team is vying for a B.C. AA title this weekend in Vancouver. The girls play three games on Thursday at St. Patrick's high school, beginning at 11: 35 a.m.

The Simon Fraser University bounced back after its first loss of the year, edging California State - Monterey Bay 68-63 in NCAA Division II women's basketball on Saturday. The Clan women dropped a 55-50 encounter to Colorado State - Pueblo on Nov.

The St. Thomas More Knights kick off a five-game high school football championship at B.C. Place Stadium this Saturday. The Grade 8 Knights start things off at 8: 30 a.m. against Lord Tweedsmuir, while the STM JVs play Mt. Douglas at 12: 30 p.m.

Harmeet Mahal led Douglas College Royals to a 78-74 victory over Langara College in PacWest men's basketball action last Friday. Mahal scored a game-high 21 points, including the game-saving bucket off a steal in the final moments of the match.