Local Sports

About 40 people came out to participate in a 10-station general fitness test hosted by SC Spirit of Excellence (SCSOE) at the Gibsons Community Centre on Saturday, April 21.

Editor's note: This is part two of a five-part series between the Coast Reporter and Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) featuring cycling programs and improvements by several organizations on the Coast.

Can anyone stop the Sunshine Coast Scorpions? It doesn't appear so.

Sunshine Coast Volleyball Club U13s represented the Coast well on the weekend, finishing seventh at the provincial volleyball championships.

Several Coast hockey players, playing at the junior or university level, saw their teams exit the playoffs early after pretty good regular seasons.

Gibsons Ryan Dempster was placed on the 15-day disabled list on April 21 with a strained right quadriceps. The Chicago Cubs right-hander is 0-1 on the season and was slated to make his fourth start on Sunday against the Cincinnati Reds.

The fastest game on two feet returns this weekend as the Sunshine Coast Rapids Lacrosse Association opens up its eighth season.

After a day of rep tryouts at Kinnikinnick Park, the Sunshine Coast Youth Soccer Association turned its focus to the Coastal Cup quarterfinals with the Sunshine Coast Scorpions facing off in Sechelt against the Vancouver United Predators.

If the Chicago Cubs don't start scoring a few more runs, the pitching efforts of starter Ryan Dempster will continue to be for naught.

School District No. 46 recently wrapped up their basketball season, with two tournaments at Elphinstone and Chatelech secondary schools. Even under the cloud of job action and Bill 22, teachers felt that the kids should have their "day on the court.