Local Sports

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.

It was a busy May long weekend for the Sunshine Coast Cycling Club (SCC) with races happening from one end of the country to the other. Most of the team was in Nanaimo for the Turner downhill and Pivot Mach 5 B.C. Cup races.

Run support continues to plague Gibsons' Ryan Dempster and the Chicago Cubs.