Local Sports

The Sunshine Coast senior swim team is in full swing preparing for its participation in the 25th anniversary of the BC Senior Games in Burnaby, Aug. 21 to 25. More than 3,500 athletes are expected to attend.

A strong national and provincial mountain bike season has propelled Gibsons Forrest Riesco to a trip to the world championships next month in Austria.

The Gibsons Mosquito Dodgers just fell short of qualifying for the medal round at the provincial championships held over the August long weekend in Surrey. The four-day event started Aug.

The fifth annual Four Lakes 10k/3k saw a record turnout of 60 participants on a perfect summer morning at Katherine Lake Park last Sunday.

Last Sunday the Festival of the Rolling Arts landed at the Sechelt airstrip as the Sunshine Coast Drag Racing Association (SCDRA) hosted their summer race.

Some of the top outrigger canoe teams from Hawaii and Australia are coming to Gibsons next weekend for the 12th International Howe Sound Outrigger Race. With the world outrigger sprints being held Aug.

The Gibsons Coho Kings captured the Loggers' Days fast pitch tournament in Squamish last weekend with an impressive 5-2 record. Gibsons started play with an opening 7-4 loss to Squamish.

The Rain'er Shine Pirates will be the top seed heading into this weekend's Sunshine Coast Men's Fastball League playoffs at Brothers Park in Gibsons.

Ryan Dempster picked up his first win as a Texas Ranger, pitching shut-out ball into the sixth inning in the Rangers 6-3 win Tuesday night over the Boston Red Sox.

Roberts Creek's Connor Richey has qualified for the 2012 Canadian Amateur Champ-ionships next week in Ottawa, but he needs a little help from the community to get there to compete.