Local Sports

Twelve and one.

Competitive figure skating is an exhilarating sport. It takes a lot of practice to perfect those gravity defying jumps and spins, but is well worth the effort said up-and-coming young skaters with the Sunshine Coast Skating Club (SCSC).

The Elphinstone girls juvenile volleyball team recently completed their best season with a third place finish at the Lower Mainland championships.

Winning championships is becoming second nature to Gary Pennington. Pennington won the 65-plus and 75-plus age divisions with the San Diego Padres senior baseball team at the 2009 senior World Series in Phoenix, Ariz. Oct. 26 to Nov. 7.

Injuries and absences finally caught up with Sunshine Coast United on Saturday, as the U13 boys lost their first game of the season 2-0 to the visiting South Burnaby Gunners.

The Sunshine Coast soccer and athletic community suffered a great loss last week with the passing of Reg Thomas. Thomas, known to many on the Sunshine Coast as "Mr. Soccer", passed away on Thurs-day, Nov. 12, surrounded by his family at St.

In the women's league, Xenichen Ya Yas kept winning and Gibsons Pigs kept coming close, in their 3-2 match at Ted Dixon.

The U14 Spartans chalked up their third straight victory with a convincing 6-2 win over the North Vancouver Celtic last Saturday. Celtic struck first, but the Spartans rallied when Austen Perry finished a pass from Jordan Hoy.

The goalie crease in Kelowna may be a bit crowded, but that's just fine with Chad Ketting. The 18-year-old goalie from Halfmoon Bay is back in B.C. after an Oct. 10 trade between the Rockets and the Swift Current Broncos.

Rain, wind, mud, mud, and more mud 14 Elphinstone cross-country runners endured the forces of nature last Saturday, Nov. 7, in White Rock for the provincial high school cross-country championships.