Local Sports

A thrilling final game for the Sunshine Coast Roller Girls Red Tide Warning ended in a heartbreaking 164-163 loss to the Sea to Sky Sirens from Squamish last Saturday night at the Sunshine Coast Arena in Sechelt.

The Sunshine Coast Scorpions U15 rep boys opened their new season with a 2-0 win over the Vancouver Predators last weekend at Kinnikinnick Park.

Two products of the Sunshine Coast Minor Hockey Association started play in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) last weekend.

Sogo Active is challenging youth on the Coast to be more active, and has awarded the Sunshine Coast Skating Club (SCSC) with $500 in grants to help fund one or two families with financial barriers, allowing their children to participate in the club's

At the MadKatz Boxing Club's fight night in Kelowna Saturday, Aug. 24, Sunshine Coast boxers Justin Lee and Beau Smithgave the packed house great ring performances at this amateur event.

A developmental field lacrosse league is in the works for the Sunshine Coast "We will run practices to develop skills and knowledge of the game and train officials and hope to have competitive teams next year," said co-ordinator Pam Service.

The Sunshine Coast's U18 girls Adrenaline rep soccer team put on a dynamic show of skill and determination on the Labour Day long weekend to win their first championship as a team - the West Coast Cup in Pitt Meadows.

As part of its mandate to make the sport of hockey more accessible to all Canadians, Hockey Canada and BC Hockey are proud to announce TeamHub, a new online team management tool that helps minor league coaches, managers, players and parents share ros

National surf champion Catherine Bruhwiler introduced 10 students to stand up paddle boarding (SUP) at the calm Mackenzie beach in Tofino last week. Even the youngest student learned how to carry the big board on her own.

Several junior golfers from the Sunshine Coast were in Courtenay last week for the provincial juvenile boys' and girls' championships.