Burnaby NOW • Wednesday, May 1, 2013 • A31
South Burnaby girls’ hoop teams take division titles Cayley Dobie staff reporter
The windup: SFU’s Cara Lukawesky unloads a pitch in a regular season game against Western Oregon at Beedie Field. The two teams will meet at the Great Northwest conference women’s softball championships in Billings, Montana on Thursday.
Clan women earn playoff spot in conference softball Tom Berridge sports editor
Simon Fraser University guaranteed itself a spot in the Great Northwest conference women’s softball playoff with a series win over Montana State Billings on Saturday. The Clan won two of three games against Billings, including a pair of 11-2 victories before falling in the late game by a 7-5 scoreline. The win in the opening game – a restart from an earlier game that was abandoned because of weather last month – secured SFU a spot in the conference playoffs, which get underway next weekend. Kelsie Hawkins got the win in Game 1, allowing just three hits and striking out nine. Cara Lukawesky got the start in the following game and recorded the win, allowing just five hits, while striking out
B.C. Hockey Major midget all-stars named
six batters. Rachel Kolanko knocked in three runs on two hits, including a two-run dinger in the fifth inning, and scored a run, while Danielle Raison had two hits, two RBIs and scored a pair. Kaitlyn Cameron and Carly Lepoutre also had two hits and a run scored. In Game 3, SFU came back from a 4-2 deficit in the seventh inning to take the lead, when Stephanie Caron came home on a fielder’s choice. But Billings replied in the bottom of the inning, scoring three runs on two hits, including a walk-off home run. The Clan finished in third place with a 15-9 record. SFU will take on conference runner-up Western Oregon in the opening game of the Great Northwest softball championships on Thursday in Billings, Montana. No. 1 Saint Martin’s will meet Central Washington in the other semifinal.
Northwest Giants rookie Bo Didur was named the B.C. major midget all-star goalie last week. The 15-year-old keeper was unbeaten in league play this season with a 22-0-3 record. Giants forward Jarid Lukosevicius joined Didur on the all-star team along with Burnaby Winter Club products Matt Barzal and Tyler Shultz.
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Hockey: Fifth medal for Ontario continued from page 30
on what appeared to be a harmless shot on goal from the blue line that caught a surprised Valerie Lamenta high glove side. But the 17-year-old Montreal native was solid the rest of the way despite giving up a second goal to Ontario’s player of the game Corie Jacobson to start the final period. Quebec mounted its comeback just minutes later, when team goal-scoring leader Audrey Belzile potted her sixth of the tournament, deflecting a wrist shot on goal from player of the game EveAudrey Picard.
After the ensuing faceoff, Roxane Daley slapped home a shot from the point from overall scoring leader Valérie Audet to knot the contest at 2-2. Picard and Alexe Drouin, on an empty-netter at 16:55, also scored for the Nord. The silver medal for the Ice Boltz was the fifth time an Ontario team has claimed a top-three placing in the fiveyear history of the Esso Cup. North Bay defeated 2012 silver medallist and 2010 champion Thunder Bay 3-2 in double overtime to earn its first-ever appearance at the national midget championships.
Clan wrestlers win medals at women’s U.S. open nationals Simon Fraser University’s women wrestlers dominated the competition at the U.S. Open wrestling national championships in Las Vegas last month. Americans Helen Maroulis and Victoria Anthony finished in first and third place in their respective weight classes. Maroulis dominated her competition at 55 kilograms, winning five matches before beating Katherine Fulp-Allen 3-0, 5-0 in the championship final. Maroulis, who started out the U.S. nationals with pins against her first two opponents, is now undefeated since her loss in the world championship final in September. Anthony was also on her game at the open, winning her first two matches in the 48kg weight class before falling to the tournament’s most outstanding wrestler, Alyssa Lambe, in the final by a 3-0, 5-2 decision. Anthony finished with the bronze medal.
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Talk about girl power. The South Burnaby Metro Club select teams dominated their competition in the under-13 girls’ provincial club basketball championships in Richmond, adding another championship title to their growing collection. The u-13 Golden Eagles outpointed the Richmond Celtics 35-28 to win the red division banner at the Olympic Oval last month. Isabella Crescenzo and Shiloh Corrales-Nelson were the top scorers for Burnaby in the final game with eight points apiece. The Golden Eagles came through the preliminary round of the red division with a clean 3-0 record before defeating the Tri-City Chaos 25-15 in the semifinals to advance to the age group B finals. Over in the green division it was a similar story for South Burnaby’s Screaming Eagles. The u-13 C team made it through the preliminary round winning two out of three games. The one loss came during a close 39-32 loss against Langley. By the semi-finals the team had bounced back, defeating the Richmond
Thunder 38-21 to push on to the provincial finals where they faced the Langley club team for a second time. Burnaby didn’t let up and outscored their Langley rivals 37-26. Much of the club’s success goes to Rosemary Orenzo, who averaged 10 points per game. At the u-13 boys’ provincials held at the Richmond Oval on April 20 and 21, South Burnaby claimed medals in two separate divisions. The South Burnaby Eagles were edged 52-46 by Athelite in the blue A division final in a battle of the two unbeaten teams. The Eagles breezed through Pool 1 before posting a 51-27 win over their SBMC Allstars clubmates in the semifinal. Athelite, which posted a similar 3-0 record in Pool 2, had a tougher semifinal, beating Tri-City 59-47 to move on to the A division final. The Allstars defeated the Coquitlam club 42-44 in the bronze-medal final. In the B red division, the South Burnaby Raptors beat Force 5 36-31 to win the bronze. South Burnaby’s u-12 Eagles lost the consolation final to Delbrook 48-44.