Skip Daniel Wenzek lost in the final of the B.C. juvenile curling championships.
Kylla Sjoman signed a pro soccer contract with the Doncaster Rovers Belles of the United Kingdom's new super league.
Daniel Swain won the 149pound wrestling title at the National Collegiate championships.
The Wesburn United soccer team won the under-13 gold Pioneer Cup.
Justin Hayto won the boys' giant slalom and terrain GS at the B.C. high school alpine ski championships.
The Burnaby South Rebels placed seventh at the B.C. high school AAA boys' basketball championships.
The Northwest Giants won a third consecutive B.C. Major Midget hockey playoff title.
Helen Crofts was named NCAA Division II conference co-female indoor track and field athlete of the week. Crofts, along with David Hibberd, were named SFU's athletes of the year.
The Burnaby Winter Club won both the Tier 1 bantam and peewee provincial hockey banners. BWC's bantam A2 team also won a Tier 2 title.
Senior Norm Lesage won five gold medals at the Canadian masters indoor track and field championships.
Riley Loewen was named a Conference Carolinas men's field lacrosse player of the week for a third time this season.
Brian Stewart was named the East Coast Hockey League goalie of the week.
Molly Gritchen helped California Baptist University win its 20th game of the NCAA Division I women's water polo season.
Burnaby's RuiLin Huang won her third straight CCAA women's badminton title. Melody Liang won an unprecedented fifth women's doubles title at the nationals.
Alisha Roberts led York House to a second consecutive B.C. AA high school girls' basketball title.
STM finished in the final four at the B.C. AA high school boys' basketball championships for the first time since 2006.
M o s c r o p Secondary boys won a first-ever B.C. high school gymnastics title.
SFU club hockey won a third B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League in four seasons.
Burnaby Mountain Wrestling won both the junior and senior men's national championship titles in Edmonton.
Tyler McNeely signed an amateur tryout contract with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the AHL.
APRIL:
The Northwest Giants qualified for the Telus Cup national midget hockey championships, defeating Red Deer in a twogame sweep at the Pacific region playdowns.
STM student Kevin Vigna earned a world junior golf qualifying berth following a sixunder-par score on the Maple Leaf Tour.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was named the Western Hockey League player of the month for the Red Deer Rebels.
Mariya Chekanovych was named to the Canadian junior swim team in breaststroke.
Freshman Milos Gordic was named the MVP on the Michigan Tech University varsity hockey team.
Burnaby martial artists won five of B.C.'s six national titles at the Canadian karate championships.
Oliver Utting and Dylan Gant both placed in the top 20 at the 27th annual Vancouver Sun Run.
Middleweight champion Mark McElligott was named the best boxer at the B.C. Golden Gloves championships. Another North Burnaby Boxing Club fighter Marte Arreola won the junior welterweight title.
Krista Woodward reclaimed the Canadian women's record in the javelin with a throw of 58.64 metres.
Brayden Jaw was named to the Team Canada roster for the Russian Invitational junior hockey tournament.
Melvin Arciaga won a Canadian cadet wrestling title at 50 kilograms in Windsor, Ont. Arciaga also earned a spot on Canada's team to the Pan Am championships.
Tyler McNeely signed a oneyear, two-way pro contract with the NHL New York Islanders.
Jakie Köhli was named the women's varsity water polo Western division defensive player of the week.
The Northwest Giants finished fourth at the Telus Cup midget hockey championships. Alex Kerfoot was named the MVP.
Isaac Bernard and Amar Dhesi earned spots on the FILA men's cadet world wrestling team.
SFU's Calvin Craig set a new single-game field lacrosse record, scoring 10 goals and adding nine assists.
The South Burnaby Metro Club Eagles won the Basketball B.C. under-13 boys' championships.
MAY:
The Cliff Avenue Synergy soccer team won the under-18 girls' Coastal A Cup.
The Burnaby Lake Rugby Club won both the premier women's and first division men's provincial titles.
Helen Crofts was named the athlete of the meet at the Great Northwest conference outdoor track and field championships.
Manny Sobral was named the Confratellanza Italo-Canadese Society sports person of 2011.
Jakie Köhli helped the University of Indiana to sixth place and a singleseason team record 26 wins at the NCAA Division I women's water polo championships.
Zachary Or and Jonathan Kum helped the Focus Xplosion win a B.C. under-16 boys' volleyball title.
Jason Boroevich, Mark Dallas and Preston Wong helped the Focus Pounders win the under-18 volleyball title at the B.C. championships.
Burnaby North wins first-ever New Zealand Shield Tier 2 rugby banner.
Matt Brown was named the offensive co-ordinator for Canada's under-19 men's field lacrosse team.
Alpha Secondary won the B.C. high school senior girls' netball title.
Cassidy Lee finished her NCAA Division II softball career with a spot on the All-West region second team.
Riley Loewen and Jackson Decker were named U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Division II All-Americans.
Canada won its third straight world box lacrosse title.
Helen Crofts and Jessica Smith both won national titles at the NAIA outdoor track and field championships.
Alpha defeated Burnaby North in the BNW district rugby final.
JUNE:
STM finished fourth at the B.C. AA high school girls' soccer championships.
Brittany Timko made her 100th appearance for the national women's soccer team.
St. George's defeated Burnaby South in the Lower Mainland high school cricket final.
Alex Calbick was named to the Louisville Slugger freshman All-American team.
Ross MacDonald was named to Canada's Para soccer team.
The STM Knights won a fourth consecutive B.C. AA high school golf title.
B.C. wins both the open and under-23 women's netball titles at the Canadian championships.
Jakie Köhli was named an all-star at the Canadian senior women's water polo championships.
Burnaby North placed third in the Lower Mainland high school cricket league.
Tamara Kuno placed seventh in the all-around in the open women's 13 to 15 AA age group at the national gymnastic championships.
Burnaby's premier women's soccer team reaffiliated with Columbus FC.
Matt Brown announced his retirement from the Denver Outlaws of the Major Lacrosse League.
Rene Bell won the individual 16-and-over figures title at the provincial synchronized swim championlships.
Ryan NugentH o p k i n s became the first player from B.C. to be drafted first overall in the NHL entry draft.
Luke Lockhart received an invitation to the Washington Capitals' prospect hockey camp.
Burnaby hosted the Canadian kendo championships at BCIT.
Debbie Brill was inducted into the Athletics Canada Hall of Fame.
Mikey Carney, Kyle Madden and Giovanni Trasolini were named to Football B.C.s roster for the under-18 Canada Cup.
JULY:
The under-18 girls' Cliff Avenue Synergy won its second Provincial Cup soccer title.
Mike Santorelli re-signed with the Florida Panthers of the NHL.
Oakville won the gold medal in the Tier I division at the 26th annual Jack Crosby novice all-star lacrosse tournament.
Burnaby won its firstever bantam girls' lacrosse title at the B.C. championships.
Kenndal McArdle was dealt from Florida to the Winnipeg Jets.
Casey Cook took over as commissioner of the Western Lacrosse Association after Ernie Truant stepped down as its head.
Dante St. Prix placed third in the under-15 boys' under-55 kilograms at the Canadian junior judo championships.
Burnaby Joe Sakic aced the par-3 17th hole at a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
Kimberly Newell was invited to Canada's national women's under-18 hockey camp.
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