Local Sports

The Bear Mountain Challenge hosted by the Fraser Valley Mountain Bike Association is a weekend of racing for both downhill and cross country racers, and the Sunshine Coast Cycling Club (SCC) was out in full force.

The Sunshine Coast Rapids are off to the provincial lacrosse championships for the first time in association history.

When in doubt, straighten 'er out and paddle like hell. This is a phrase well known by many a paddler and practiced well by outrigger teams last weekend.

Tired but undaunted after 500 kilometres of high-quality mountain biking, about 450 riders gritted it out last Friday (July 4) on Whistler's beautiful and challenging trails to cap the second annual BC Bike Race.

An All-Star game nod and his 10th win of the season - it's been quite a productive few days for Gibsons' Ryan Dempster.

Busy times for the Sunshine Coast Cycling Club (SCC) have taken core team members all over the country in recent weeks. The most recent races had the cross country team in Kamloops and the downhill team in the Rockies at Panorama near Invermere.

A dream has come true for Zach Karmel, age 12, from Langdale. Zach was handpicked from among 5,200 young people from across the country to represent Western Canada at the national soccer finals on July 19 at BMO Stadium in Toronto.

A blast of the horn, and they were off like a herd of turtles.

The hunters have now become the hunted.

Several track and field athletes who learned their chosen sport on the Sunshine Coast had exceptional seasons at the university level.