Local Sports

The affiliation with Vancouver United paid immediate dividends for the former Sapperton Rovers.

Back on the ice: The Burnaby Winter Club bantam hockey team held its AAA team tryouts at the winter club last weekend.

Two Burnaby Karate Academy athletes qualified for the Pan Am Games in Mexico.

Douglas College recruit Rex Fenton won a gold medal with partner Alex Oneid from Queen's University at the Canadian under-21 national beach volleyball championships, defeating a Quebec pairing 21-8, 21-11 in the Tier 1 gold-medal final in Toronto, Au

The Langley Thunder proved they belonged in the Mann Cup.

The Kushnir Boot will not be changing feet this season. The New Westminster Hyacks held on to the prized statuette following a 16-13 victory over the South Delta Sun Devils at Friday's home opening AAA varsity football game at Mercer Stadium.

Burnaby's Brandon Morley was one of 60 hockey players named to the Canada West evaluation camp this week in Calgary for the upcoming World Junior A Challenge in the Czech Republic in November.

Moscrop grad Nicole Orford and partner Thomas Williams of Alberta won the gold medal in ice dancing at a junior Grand Prix figure skating event Down Under.

Kyle Goltz and Alex Roberts both scored two goals to lead the Grandview Steelers to a 7-4 victory over the Port Moody Black Panthers at the Burnaby Winter Club on Sunday.