JANUARY:

Svein Tuft and Zach Bell defended their madison title at the third Burnaby Six Day cycling championships at the Burnaby Velodrome.

The Northwest Giants placed sixth players, including Burnaby's Chris Hoe, to the B.C. major midget all-star game in Richmond.

The Grandview Steelers nominated five players, including Burnaby rookie of the year Dustin Mowrey, to the Pacific International Junior Hockey all-star game in North Delta.

Burnaby Winter Club's AAA atom hockey team made it to the semifinals at the Bell Capital Cup hockey tournament, following a 2-1 loss to the Long Island Gulls.

The North Shore Winter Club won its fourth Bantam AAA International Hockey tournament title in five years, beating Richmond 5-2 at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre.

Burnaby South were the runners-up at the second annual Rod Thomson Rebel Classic boys' basketball tournament.

Landon Ferraro and Matt Mackenzie enjoyed a bronze medal with Team Pacific at the under-17 World Hockey Challenge in London, Ont.

Cliff Ronning, who played 18 seasons in the NHL, was among five individuals named to the B.C. Hockey Hall of Fame.

The STM Knights placed second at their 42nd annual Chancellor basketball tournament. Byrne Creek placed third.

Greg Wallis scored 29 points to lead SFU to its first men's basketball victory over the UBC Thunder-birds in 11 games.

Christine Sinclair was named the Canadian female soccer player of the year of 2007. It was Sinclair's third consecutive honour.

Carlo Finucci scored a goal in the Coastal Conference's 15-9 rout of Team Interior in the annual B.C. Hockey League all-star game.

Kyle Turris was named the junior male athlete of the year at the 42nd annual Sport B.C. awards dinner. Senior sprinter Norm Lesage was nominated in the master category.

Rita Tubman and Max Ustyugov won their respective categories in the Royal Canadian sea cadets provincial biathlon.

Andrew Lum placed fourth in the junior men's division at the Canadian National Figure Skating Championships.

Burnaby Central and St. Thomas More placed third and fourth respectively in the juvenile boys' division at the Western Canadian age class wrestling championships.

Marissa Di Lorenzo was invited to attend the Olympic Development national training camp in Orlando, Florida.

Daniel Myton and Filip Juristovski were named among the top 18 players following a winter camp to identify the Canadian junior water polo team.

Keith Harris was nominated for an RBC Local Hockey Leaders award.

The Northwest Giants had their 27-game winning streak in the B.C. major midget hockey league snapped following a 3-1 loss to the Fraser Valley Bruins.

Caelen Dalmer, 10, was the youngest B.C. Sectional juvenile womens' figure skating champion to go to the junior nationals. Gloria Chong went to the junior nationals in novice women's.

FEBRUARY:

Alan Koch was named the new head men's soccer coach at Simon Fraser University.

Jesse Fratkin scored his first career goal for the Brown University men's varsity hockey team in a 3-1 win over Lawrence Feb. 16.

Brian Stewart was named the Central Collegiate goaltender of the week twice in Febuary for the University of Northern Michigan.

SFU won a fifth straight Canada West men's wrestling title.

Nam Nguyen won the pre-novice men's Canadian figure skating championships.

Keynan Parker signed a football letter of intent to Oregon State University.

Calvin Craig was the first-round pick of the Burnaby Lakers at the WLA junior entry draft.

Former SFU great Jay Triano became the first-ever Canadian head coach in the NBA when he filled in for Toronto Raptors coach Sam Mitchell against the New Jersey Nets Feb. 13. Triano became the interim coach in December following Mitchell's firing.

SFU wrestler Jagroop Bhullar was named the Canadian Interuniversity Sport and Canada West athlete of the week.

Kevin Calbick opened his collegiate baseball career at Trinity University in Texas, batting four-for-four, including two RBI and two runs scored in a win over Concordia.

SFU women's basketball team won the Pacific Division title with an 81-57 win over UBC. Matt Rachar scored 13 points to lead the UBC men to the Pac title over UVic.

North Burnaby club boxer Rosalia Calla won a Tacoma Golden Gloves title at 114 pounds Feb. 23.

Hall of fame boxer Len Walters passed away at the age of 76 on Feb. 22.

Lisa Hibbeln, Harlene Grewall and Kiah Duruisseau helped the zone 4 ringette team win gold at the B.C. Winter Games. Elana Spelling coached the squad.

STM placed second at the Lower Mainland girls' AA zone basketball championships to make it to the provincials for the first time in school history.

Ana Baskalovic of Burnaby South was named to the second all-star team following the Crehan Cup Lower Mainland AAA zone girls' basketball championships.

Bryne Creek won its first-ever Burnaby/New Westminster senior boys' basketball title with a 69-47 win over Burnaby South.

Forty-six young athletes from Burnaby represented the Fraser River Delta zone at the B.C. Winter Games.

STM girls placed third and Burnaby Central boys came fourth at the B.C. high school wrestling championships in Port Alberni.

Luke Lockhart played his first game for the Seattle Thunderbirds of the Western Hockey League Feb. 22.

SFU basketball forward Greg Wallis was named a first team Canada West all-star.

Marcello Ranallo committed to play hockey for the University of Connecticut Feb. 27.

SFU swimmers Niels Mutzenburger and Vicky Sui were named the NAIA's respective male and female swimmer of the year.

The Clan women's basketball team returned to the CIS national championships for the seventh straight season. Lani Gibbons was named the MVP following the Canada West championships.

MARCH

The first-division Burnaby Canadians needed only a 2-2 draw with Wickham FC to stave off relegation in the Vancouver Metro Soccer League.

New Westminster defeated Byrne Creek 41-38 in the final of the junior girls' basketball championships.

Burnaby figure skater Raha Tavakolifard won a bronze medal at the B.C. Coast regional championships in Chilliwack.

Morley Elementary School student Anna Tchikicheva won a silver medal in the 200 metres and a bronze in the 60 m at the Kamloops indoor track championships.

Michael Lai made the B finals in two events at the Western national swimming championships in Victoria.

The Burnaby South Rebels were nipped 53-52 by R.C. Palmer in the final of the Vancouver and District juvenile boys' basketball championships. South went on to win the bronze medal at the B.C. high school championships in March.

Jordan Jung won the scratch division at the B.C. Youth Bowling Tour Shootout in Surrey.

SFU forward Greg Wallis was named a first team all-star in Canada West men's basketball.

Luca Fogale and Mackenzie Sam helped the Focus u-17 team to second place at Volleyball B.C.'s Super Series tournament in Langley.

Michelle Bowes and Farren McDonald placed first in the Tier 4 duet at the Lower Mainland synchronized swimming regional meet.

Spencer Soo qualified for the Pacific Starskate competition in Kamloops.

Matt Rachar scored 14 points to help UBC repeat as Canada West Conference men's basketball champions. UBC edged Alberta 92-90 in the final.

The SFU women's wrestling team won its fifth CIS national title in Calgary. Miranda Dick was named the outstanding female wrestler. The Clan men placed second overall. Dustin Fisher was most outstanding male.

Burnaby South Rebels were left on the outside looking in following a sixth-place finish at the Lower Mainland AAA boys' basketball championships. Cody Cormack was named a second team all-star from South.

Dustin Mowrey was voted the rookie of the year in the Pacific International Junior Hockey League.

The Burnaby Devils won the under-19 Tier 2 field lacrosse title at the provincial championships in Mission. Jaxson Lee was the MVP. Nelson Lindquist was the fair play winner.

STM Grade 8 football coach Steve Delazzari won an Orange Helmet award for leading the bantam Knights to a perfect 10-0 record and a 10th consecutive Quadra Cup title.

Sohen Gill was honoured with the Daryl Thompson award at the Sport B.C. athlete of the year awards.

Jakie Kohli trained with Canada's national senior B women's water polo team.

Kyle Turris was named the junior athlete of the year at the Sport B.C. athlete of the year awards.

Ruky Abdulai was named the most valuable female performer at the NAIA indoor track and field championships, winning the long jump and high jump titles, as well as runner-up in the 60 metres. Abdulai is the only women to win four consecutive high jump titles.

Brit Townsend was named Region 1 female track and field coach of the year.

Dylan Gant won the bronze medal in the men's 3,000 metres at the NAIA indoor track and field championships.

Elisha Williams was named female athlete of the year at the B.C. Wheelchair Basketball Society awards. Bo Hedges won the men's top award.

Brandon Jung helped Canada qualify for the Olympic Games in water polo for the first time ever with a 9-8 win over Romania at the FINA qualifier.

The Burnaby Minor A1 atom hockey team won the league championship banner. Burnaby went on to win the Pacific Coast banner beating the Burnaby Winter Club.

The SFU men's and women's swim teams both placed second at the NAIA swimming and diving championships.

Edmonds United won the district under-13 boys' soccer championship for a second straight season.

The Burnaby Girls Wolves won the u-12 North District soocer championships 2-1 over Royal City.

STM placed ninth at the B.C. AA girls' high school basketball championships.

STM placed third in the women's division at the B.C. high school wrestling championships. Burnaby Central was fourth in the boys' aggregate. Miguel de Sousa and Fido Sahota won individual titles.

Mark Santorelli won the WHL scoring title with the Chilliwack Bruins, garnering 27 goals and a league-best 74 assists. He was later named a second team all-star.

Goalie Kevin Jebson was named the MVP for the Burnaby Express hockey club in year-end awards.

SFU blanked Fraser Valley 3-0 to capture the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League title.

The 36-2-2 league champion Northwest Giants major midget hockey team were knocked off 4-2 and 6-4 by eventual playoff champion Cariboo in the B.C. championships.

Nicole Lim helped the Vancouver Fusion won the bronze medal at the first-ever B.C. Hockey female midget zone championships.

Justin Hayto had top-10 finishes in the Super G and giant slalom at the K2 skiing provincials. He later competed at the nationals at Silverstar.

BWC won the bantam AAA provincial hockey championships with a perfect 7-0 record, following a 3-1 win over Prince George in the gold-medal final.

The winter club also upset previously undefeated NSWC 2-1 in overtime in the final of the B.C. AAA peewee championships.

Burnaby Winter Club were the Pacific Coast Greater Vancouver Tier 1 atom hockey champions. BWC went to win the playoff title with a 3-2 win over rival North Shore Winter Club.

It was the first time BWC had won the B.C. title in the top three rep divisions in the same season.

The B.C. Reign qualified for the National Ringette League national championships for the first time.

SFU won the National Collegiate Wrestling Association women's championships for an unprecedented sixth straight time.

The Burnaby-based Grandview Steelers upset the Richmond Sockeyes in seven games.

Kyle Turris was named to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association all-third team and all-rookie team while at the University of Wisconsin

University of Northern Michigan freshman Mark Olver was named to the Central Collegiate Hockey Association all-rookie team.

Karl Alzner was named the the WHL Eastern Conference defenceman of the year. He was later named the top D-man in the WHL and winner of the Four Broncos Trophy as the major junior league's player of the year.

Jordan Jung won the silver medal in the senior boys' division at the Bowl B.C. four steps to stardom competition.

The New Westminster Hyacks were the runners-up at the 27th annual B.C. high school junior girls' basketball championships. Byrne Creek placed 10th in their provincial debut.

Ruky Abdulai set a new Canadian record in the women's long jump with a leap of 6.72 metres in California.

Joey LaLeggia became the first B.C. Major Midget League hockey player to receive a verbal scholarship commitment.

Soccer player Luca Bellisomo and track and field star Ruky Abdulai were named SFU's athletes of the year.

Derek Wintermans placed third in snowboard cross at the Candian nationals.

Bridget Colvin won four medals at the Special Olympics national winter games in Quebec City.

Snowboarder Geoff Stinson placed sixth in the 16-and-over category Peanut Butter and Rail Jam championships in California.