Local Sports

The Sunshine Coast has a new boxing champion. David Nygren became the provincial heavyweight champion in the senior novice division after an 8-4 decision over Pemberton's Alex Campbell at the provincial championships in Surrey on Sunday, Nov. 7.

Halfmoon Bay athletes Larry and Teresa Nightingale both had very strong racesat last week's provincial cross country championships in Aldergrove.

Dal Ghag has been competing competitively for only two years, but already he is a heavyweight in the weight-lifting community.

Gibsons Special Olympic swimmer Stephanie Rogers is hard at work preparing for the World Games next July in Athens, Greece.

Their first time in the cage proved to be little problem for a pair of up and coming mixed martial arts fighters from the Coast, as Jordan Manning and Rick Peers each won their first pro fights at the Battle Field Fight League last month at the River

The Elphinstone junior girls volleyball team is anxiously awaiting their first opponent in the playoffs. After playing their last league match last Thursday (Oct.

For everyone on hand last Saturday night, it was the perfect place to be for great entertainment the night before Halloween.

U15 Inferno beat the Surrey Ravens 2-1 last weekend for their fourth win in five games. A physically strong Surrey team made for many one-on-one battles, of which the Inferno won most.

Winning baseball championships is becoming a regular routine for Gary Pennington, but that doesn't make it any less sweet.

This week in the women's league, the Pigs continued to run hog wild over opponents.