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The Hyack Swim Club’s Justin Jung ripped up some old records last week, cutting to the head of the class at the Surrey Knights Swim Club’s Splash and Dash meet.

The Tri City Americans have just become popular in the Royal City again. The franchise, which spent four seasons as the New Westminster Bruins between 1983-88, made New Westminster native Markus Johansen a happy camper on Thursday.

The New Westminster Hyacks are chomping at the bit to take the high school senior girls soccer season to the next level. It’s been in limbo essentially since April 16, when the team last took to the pitch against an opponent.

The New Westminster junior Salmonbellies are go-time ready. The B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League squad will launch a new season this Friday in Burnaby, aiming to deliver on a lot of promise and potential.

They were up for the challenge, but Lady Luck seemed to have the other team's number.

Current Nashville Predators and former Burnaby Express star Kyle Turris and Burnaby Winter Club product Dante Fabbro are going to be pulling on the Maple Leaf to represent Canadda at the upcoming World Hockey championships in Slovakia.

New Westminster’s Grace Fetherstonhaugh supplied the pace and her Oregon State Beavers teammates followed at last week’s High Performance Meet in Corvallis, Ore. Fetherstonhaugh, a freshman at the NCAA Div.

New Westminster’s Jon Cornish made a huge impact in a short time span. The Canadian Football Hall of Fame gave the big striding one-time Calgary Stampeders star it’s biggest honour, naming Cornish among its class of 2019 inductees this week.

Time and time again, Kevin Crowley has proven to be a very determined hometown boy. For boxla fans on the West Coast, seeing him play summer lacrosse for anyone but his New Westminster Salmonbellies just wouldn’t feel right.

Chalk up another world record for New Westminster’s Betty Brussel. The 95-year-old swimmer established a handful of new marks at the B.C. Masters provincial championships in Victoria two weeks ago.