Skip to content

Burnaby NOW sports briefs

Wrestling, hockey and soccer news from around the district
EDC Burnaby FC
EDC FC Burnaby defeated Richmond 1-0 in Vancouver Metro Soccer League premier division soccer match last week

Burnaby South Secondary wrestler Jimmy Sidhu inked a national letter of intent to South Dakota State University.

Sidhu placed third at the Pan Am cadet wrestling championships. He also won the Canadian juvenile/cadet championships and FILA cadet trials earlier this year.

To Nations Cup

Burnaby’s Kaleigh Fratkin was the only player from B.C. to be named to Hockey Canada’s national women’s development team for the upcoming 2015 Nations Cup in Germany.

Canada will play national teams from Finland, Germany, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland at the four-day event.

The international tournament runs Jan. 3 to 6.

Award winners

Mountain United FC under-17 boys were named team of the year at the high performance soccer league club awards night.

Jake Ruby was named the male player of the year, while former Burnaby Girls Soccer Club product Camila Gomez-Hernandez won the top girls’ award.