Local Sports

Last Saturday, Nov. 16, marked the start of the novice division season with the Leafs playing the Canucks and Canadians playing the Senators. The kids were raring to go, after several months of practice and anticipation.

Sunshine Coast's U18 girls Adrenaline beat the first-place and unbeaten Vancouver Thunder 2-1 in Vancouver last Sunday in rep soccer action.

Roberts Creek's Kendra Pomfret and fellow University of Victoria Vikes cross-country runner Kyle Irvine have been named Canada West cross-country student-athletes of the year.

SC Spirit of Excellence will host a volleyball fundraiser next Friday, Nov. 22, at Elphinstone Secondary School. Former national player Jan Richey and her fellow volleyball club coaches will teach skills to students in grades 5 to 9.

For the 15th consecutive year, the Tetrahedron Outdoor Club is presenting the Banff Mountain Film Festival (BMFF) World Tour. The annual event features award-winning films and audience favourites from films entered in the annual festival in Banff.

The Sunshine Coast continues to set the bar a bit higher for the Hockey HEROS program. Now it is fifth year, record numbers of youth are involved in the program this year, which started Sept. 27 at the Gibsons and Area Community Centre.

The UBC Thunderbirds men's hockey team snapped its four game losing streak, defeating the Lethbridge Pronghorns 7-4 to earn their second victory of the season on Saturday night, Nov. 2, at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre.

The U11 girls Storm played hard and came away with a victory against the West Vancouver Spuraways last Sunday in rep action. It was a beautiful day and the girls responded to the sunshine with enthusiasm and teamwork.

It's been a non-stop celebration for Gibsons' Ryan Dempster following the Boston Red Sox historic World Series win Oct. 30. Boston beat the St.

This week CPU hoped to make the hunter become the hunted and hand the Wolves their first loss, but it just became another Sunday of Wolves wiping the corners of their mouths, glutted with another victory.