Local Sports

St. Thomas More Knights Kyle Madden was named the Eastern conference defensive MVP for a second consecutive year. This season, the New Westminster linebacker had 71 tackles and five quarterback sacks in seven games.

The Northwest Giants found themselves in a three-way log jam for second place in the B.C. major midget hockey league following a weekend sweep over the last-place Kootenay Ice. The Giants defeated the Ice 4-0 at the Burnaby Winter Club last Saturday.

Burnaby/New Westminster schools will be involved in both the AA and AAA provincial boys' soccer championships taking place at Burnaby Lake-West next week.

The Grandview Steelers played some of their better hockey this week but came away with few points to show for it. The junior B Steelers gave up a late goal in a narrow 3-1 loss to runaway conference leading Richmond Sockeyes on Sunday.

The top-10-ranked Moscrop Panthers made short work of the Burnaby/New Westminster district boys' volleyball final. The Panthers swept Burnaby South in straight sets in the championship final at Moscrop, winning 25-18, 25-15, 25-23 on Thursday.

Ice Breakers Ringette

The Douglas College Royals volleyball team should be in for a rise in the polls following a weekend sweep of the defending Canadian collegiate champion and No. 5-ranked Columbia Bible College.

The New Westminster Hyacks chose a tough first-round opponent to tackle. In fact it was a lack of tackling that was mostly responsible for the Hyacks' 52-20 defeat to the Centennial Centaurs in the opening round of the B.C.

Burnaby's Brandon Morley shared in a gold medal with Canada West at the World Jr. A Hockey Classic in Langley. The 17-year-old B.C.