Local Sports

The Gibson's Coastal Tires midget team finished their regular season in a flurry, playing seven games in the past week, including three double headers.

The Gibsons Jays junior men's team won two league games last weekend, winning their home opener against the Vancouver Spitz 5-3 and beating the Richmond Chuckers at Latrace Field 13-10.

The Interior Victoria May long weekend usually marks the first sunburns for the Sunshine Coast women's tournament travelling soccer team the Sun Coasters.

A day of competitive boxing returns to Gibsons next Saturday with a full afternoon of fights at the Gibsons Curling Club.

Gibsons Minor Baseball Association represented Gibsons Re/Max Oceanview peewee team and picked up a bronze medal at the President's Cup tournament in East Vancouver the weekend of May 27 to 29.

The high school mountain bike series came to a close May 18 on the North Shore with the Chatelech junior/senior girls claiming a North Shore championship.

The action was fast and fun on Sunday at the Sechelt Airport as the Sunshine Coast Drag Racing Association presented its May drag racing event. The weather co-operated and the crowds enthusiasm made for a great day of action.

The Pacific Blades speed skating club recently put a wrap on another successful season.

The Gibsons Jays men's baseball team started its season with a fourth place finish at a tournament in Maple Ridge. The Jays finished with a record of 2-2 at the eight-team tournament held over the May long weekend.

When Rampage Jackson takes to the cage on Saturday in Las Vegas against Matt Hamill in UFC 131, he will be in top shape, due in no small part to Julia 'The Jewel' Budd, who grew up in Roberts Creek.