A30 • Saturday, April 16, 2011 • Burnaby NOW
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Burnaby student wins again on links
Kevin Vigna won his second junior golf tournament in as many weeks. The 15-year-old St. Thomas More student held off a 32-player field in the boys’ 15-to-19 age division, shooting a two-round 143 at the Canadian Junior Golf Association Canada Cup qualifying tournament at Greenacres Golf Course on April 10. Vigna, who last week earned a qualifying spot at the world junior championships in San Diego, shot a four-under-par 67 in the opening round on Saturday. He followed up with a 76 under wet and windy conditions to win by three strokes. STM schoolmate Lucas Gatto of Burnaby finished tied for ninth spot with a seven-over 149 on the 6,022yard Richmond course.
Late-inning dinger gives Clan softball women a win Kelsey Haberl of Burnaby and Leah Riske provided the lategame heroics in Simon Fraser University’s 10th-inning win over St. Martin’s University in women’s softball on April 12. Riske homered home Haberl to give the Clan an 8-6 win over St. Martin’s in the first half of a suspended Great Northwest con-
ference doubleheader at Lacey, Washington. The second game also went to extra innings, but was suspended in the ninth inning due to darkness. The game will be continued at a later date. “We showed great character coming back today,” said SFU head coach Mike Renney in a Clan
press release. “It was good to see our bats going.” In the 10th inning, Haberl drove in the go-ahead run to give SFU a 6-5 advantage. Riske then homered to centre field. St. Martin’s responded with a single run in the bottom of the inning. Kelsie Hawkins earned the
win, coming on in relief of Cara Lukawesky, who went nine innings. The Clan trailed 2-0 until the sixth inning, when Brittany Mayers singled to score Carly LePoutre. SFU scored four more runs in the top of the seventh when LePoutre and Sammie Olexa both slapped two-run singles.
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The Lions are seeking a fourth national title. The team won three previous Canadian midget titles, spanning 1981 and 1992. The Northwest Giants shares a common history with the London, Ontario club. The major midget Giants came within a single goal of qualifying for the Telus Cup in two previous Pacific regional bestof-three championships series. The Burnaby-based club swept last year’s champion from Red Deer, Alta. in straight games last month. “It’s been a goal from the beginning of the year,” said the Giants leading scorer Alex Kerfoot. “I personally have never played in a national championship. If we keep it up and keep playing like we are now, I think we can get it done.” It is the Giants’ second appearance at the Telus Cup. They finished fourth in 2007, when host Red Deer won the regional title over a Giants’ squad. The last time a B.C. team won a medal at a Canadian midget championship tournament was North Kamloops Lions in 1996. Burnaby Winter Club won gold in 1982.
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