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The first-place New Westminster Salmonbellies are leaving the Western Lacrosse Association opposition behind. The 'Bellies put six points between them and the second-place Victoria Shamrocks following a 10-7 victory at Bear Mountain Arena on Friday.

The late Ken Mattheson of New Westminster was announced as an inductee into the 2011 Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in the veteran player category on Monday.

An untimely injury may have cost the New Westminster Salmonbellies a peewee A1 provincial title. The peewee 'Bellies settled for a bronze medal following an 11-6 win over Juan de Fuca in the bronzemedal final at Civic Arena in Vernon on Sunday.

New Westminster was the belle of the girls' provincial lacrosse ball again. The biggest little lacrosse association in B.C.

The Burnaby Lakers sent holdout Kevin Olson to the Coquitlam Adanacs for defender Mike Gilmore and a secondround draft pick in 2012 in a Western Lacrosse Association trade at the deadline last week.

Burnaby Selects and the Sapperton Rovers Men's Club announced earlier this week that the two groups will be working together to improve soccer development in the Burnaby District.

The bantam A Burnaby Oakeys will be looking to get some pre-playoff practice in at the Canadian open fastpitch international championships, which are set to start this Saturday.

Sword play: Talako Matisz, left, of Saskatoon takes on Ryo Yaumura of Etobicoke, Ont. in team competition at the Canadian Kendo Championships at BCIT last Saturday.

Mountain United FC, including the Burnaby and North Shore youth soccer districts, will be one of eight founding franchises for the new B.C. Soccer Premier League, which begins its first mini season this September.

New Westminster wrapped up second place in the B.C. Junior Lacrosse League with a 10-4 win over the Burnaby Lakers on Tuesday.