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HELEN Crofts' fantastic 2011 was topped off late last month by the announcement that she will receive Athletics Canada's Frank Tees Memorial Trophy as the outstanding athlete enrolled in a Canadian university.

WEST Vancouver's Janet McLachlan helped Canada's women's wheelchair basketball team claim silver at the Parapan American Games held in November in Guadalajara, Mexico.

WEST Vancouver's Sam Reinhart and North Vancouver's Jackson Houck helped Team Pacific to a fifth-place finish at the 2012 World U17 Hockey Challenge played Dec. 29-Jan. 4 in Windsor, Ont.

Five North Van players lead UBC on hunt for national title

A legendary player drawn by a tournament-record purse of $50,000 has British Columbia racquet fans buzzing about this year's edition of the Comfort Inn Squash Championships beginning Tuesday at North Vancouver's Evergreen Squash Club.

West Van student finds his calling

NORTH Vancouver's Zach Bell scored a silver medal at a UCI Track Cycling World Cup event held earlier this month in Cali, Colombia, showing he will be a serious medal contender for the London 2012 Olympic Games.