WEST Vancouver golfer Alix Kong finished second at the British Columbia Junior Girls Championship tournament played July 2-5 at Belmont Golf Course in Langley.
Kong finished with a four-round score of two-under 282, trailing champion Jamie Oleksiew by two strokes in the final tally. Oleksiew took a commanding eight-stroke lead into the final round but sputtered to a 74 while Kong shot a sizzling 68. It wasn't enough, however, for the 16-year-old Capilano Golf and Country Club member to erase the deficit.
Oleksiew triple bogeyed the final hole of the tournament but her margin of error was large thanks to a course record 66 she shot in the third round. Oleksiew and Kong will now join with third place finisher Naomi Ko to form Team B.C. for the Royale Cup Canadian Junior Girls Championship scheduled for July 30-Aug. 2 at Cherry Downs Golf and Country Club in Pickering, Ont.
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North Vancouver's Robert Sacré re-signed with the Los Angeles Lakers last week. The seven-foot centre played in 32 games, starting three, during his rookie season last year, averaging 1.3 points and 1.1 rebounds in 6.3 minutes. Sacré also spent time in the D League where he averaged 11.0 points and 8.8 rebounds for the Los Angeles D-Fenders.
The Handsworth grad was selected last, 60th overall, in the 2012 NBA draft by the Lakers after graduating from Gonzaga University.
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