Local Sports

The 37th annual BMO Sunshine Coast April Fool's Run, presented by Coast Cable, will see 600-plus runners and walkers hoofing it from Gibsons to Sechelt on Sunday, April 6.

After a few crazy weeks of wacky winter weather, the Coast adult soccer leagues finally got a chance to play last week. In the women's league, it was Campbell versus Campbell, as Ken Campbell's Source lost 5-1 to Christine Campbell's Blazers.

Wrestlers from Elphinstone Secondary School came home from the provincial high school wrestling championships in Prince George last weekend with some impressive results.

The basketball season for Douglas College Royals and Andrew Baron came to a close last Thursday night in the quarterfinal of the Pac West playoffs.

Young athletes can have a tough time coming up with the financial means to compete at high-level sports.

Imagine the biggest event you've ever been to, and then add 3,000 athletes, 15,000 journalists, 37,000 security guards and $51 billion. My six weeks in Sochi are over, but the experiences will be enduring.

The Sunshine Coast Boxing Club's Scott Ewen had a successful ring debut Friday, Feb. 28, at the Cascades Casino in Langley with a unanimous decision win over Langley light heavy weight Kevin Dhanda.

A successful few weeks have propelled four wrestlers from Elphinstone Secondary to the provincial championships this weekend in Prince George. Elphi started its string of success at the North Shore championships on Jan. 31.

The Elphinstone senior boys and Pender Harbour senior girls are both off to respective provincial championships next week in high school basketball. The Sakinaw senior girls head to Lumby for the single A provincials March 5 to 8.

Former Sunshine Coast Skating Club member Beres Clements won a gold medal at last weekend's BC Winter Games in Mission. Beres, from Gibsons, who is now skating in the Lower Mainland with the Connaught Skating Club, won the men's juvenile title.