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NORTH Vancouver's Robert Sacre will return home Saturday night as the centerpiece star of the Gonzaga Bulldogs for an NCAA preseason game against the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors at Rogers Arena.

TWO members of the West Vancouver Lawn Bowling Club met in the final of the 2011 Canadian Indoor Singles Championships held at Vancouver's Pacific Indoor Bowls Club Oct. 24-30 with Geoff Pershick walking away with the national title.

On the evening of Thursday November 10th, Burnaby Lake Park was the setting for 2011 Provincial Junior Varsity AAA Football Playoffs as the West Vancouver Highlanders took on the WJ Mouat Hawks.

On Saturday November 12th, BC Place Stadium was the setting for 2011 Provincial Senior Varsity AA Football Playoffs as the Handsworth Royals took the field against the Abbotsford Collegiate Panthers.

THE Collingwood Cavaliers senior girls field hockey team made their fourth provincial AA championship final in a row last weekend before falling to Shawnigan Lake to add another silver to their extensive collection of medals.

Every player chips in for Cap men in season debut win

NORTH Vancouver's Jessica Smith climbed onto the podium one final time as a member of the Simon Fraser University cross-country running team after placing second at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships held Oct. 22 in Yakima, Wash.

THE Handsworth Royals will carry the flag for North Shore football this weekend as the only senior team to make it to post-season play following the final regular season games played last weekend.