Local Sports

With the playoffs only a few weeks away, the top teams in the men's and women's leagues are jockeying for position. At Brothers Park, old contending rivals Marshall Mayhem and Xenichen Ya Yas faced off, with the 3-1 win going to Mayhem.

A group of 20 curlers ended a two-week tour of Canada at the Gibsons Curling Club last Friday.

David Arduin celebrated his 20th birthday with a homecoming skate on the ice surface where it all started for him. Arduin, joined by his Trail Smoke Eaters teammates, held a public practice at the Sunshine Coast Arena last Friday afternoon.

Seven wrestlers from Elphinstone Secondary School qualified for the provincial finals next week in Surrey.

The Chatelech Eagles juvenile boys are red hot. Winners of three straight, the Eagles are riding high as they head into their first playoff game Feb. 19 in North Vancouver against a yet to be determined opponent.

Shaun Stephens-Whale from Roberts Creek got a taste for New York and has an appetite for more. Shaun finished 13th overall at the Empire State Building Run Up Feb. 6. He feels he could have put in a better time."I could have done better.

U12 Predators put in a spirited effort, but visiting Douglas Park Rangers took the home side 5-2 last Saturday.

Spirit of B.C.The Sunshine Coast Arena is hosting a celebration for the Spirit of B.C. week (Feb. 9 to 17) and a number of programs and events will be focused on during the week. The celebration at the arena starts off tomorrow (Feb.

Elphinstone grapplers continued to impress with 11 top 10 finishes at the North Shore wrestling championships in North Vancouver recently. Leading the way for the Cougars were Ty Dempster and Brianna Kittson, who both won their weight classes.

After months of inactivity, the Sunshine Coast adult soccer leagues took to the field last Sunday. And instead of downpours, teams had to contend with frozen fields. One women's game and two men's games weren't played because the ground was too hard.