Coquitlam's Tory Nyhaug rode to a fifth-place showing at the 2013 International Cycling Union BMX World Championships Sunday in Auckland, New Zealand.
Nyhaug breezed through the first two rounds of the Supercross World Championships by placing third and second respectively.
Facing some stiff competition in the semifinals, Nyhaug finished second in the heat to move on to the finals. He turned in a time of 25.348 in the final heat of the day, just two seconds behind the winner, Great Britain's Liam Phillips.
Striking silver
Port Coquitlam's Paige Taylor helped the Fraser Valley Fusion Rep-A Girls 16U Fastball team to a silver medal at the B.C. Softball Provincials in Victoria last weekend.
Taylor pitched a five-hit shutout to help the Fusion past the White Rock Renegades 2-0 in the semifinals, striking out four in seven innings. A finger injury forced Taylor to leave the gold-medal game in which Fraser Valley fell to the Delta Heat 6-0.
Midgets golden
Tri-City girls helped Team BC knock off Ontario 7-2 in Sunday's gold-medal game in the midget division at the Female National Box Lacrosse Championships.
Local athletes Nikita Bagg, Leanna Hogarth, Bianca Santucci, Harlowe Seele and Samantha Thomson were on the B.C. team.
The bantam girls fell 5-2 to Ontario in the final. Erica Berg, Haley McRae, Emily Nelson, Debbie Phillips, Adrianna Santucci and Brooke Vial were the Tri-City players to earn a silver medal.
