Local Sports

The Gibsons Jays junior men's team won their third game in a row 4-1 over the Ridge Meadows Royals at Larry Walker Field in Maple Ridge on Sunday, June 13. Starter Stefan Reeves and closer Mitchell Rainer were dominant on the mound for Gibsons.

Sechelt Nation's youth soccer teams placed first in four different categories at the 41st annual Seabird Island Festival held at the end of May.

The Gibsons Jays evened their record at 3-3 with a double header split against the Aldergrove Cubs last Saturday at Ryan Dempster Field.

The Gibsons Jays were treated to some baseball -Cuban style during a clinic in Gibsons on the May long weekend.

The rugby tradition on the Sunshine Coast continues as the Eagles, Warriors, Pigs and Scribes all came together in a junior and senior festival of rugby at Shirley Macey Field on Saturday, May 29.

A strong, rookie-laden squad from Elphinstone Secondary School hit the track at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby last weekend for the high school provincial championships and showed some of the top schools in the province that their team is a force to be

About 30 racers dared to take on Jake's Rash last Wednesday, May 26 on Stephens Way in Secret Cove in the final race of the two-event longboarding extravaganza on the Coast.

Hundreds gathered to feel the ground rumble, see cars peel out in a cloud of smoke and cheer on racers burning down the drag strip in Wilson Creek last Sunday.

The Gibsons midget AA Cubs repeated as tournament champs following a perfect 5-0 record at the 23rd annual Ross Tournament in Newton over the May long weekend.

Rainy weather helped drown out the competition at Sunday's Attack of Danger Bay longboarding races in Pender Harbour.