Local Sports

After a successful pilot project this past winter, the Tetrahedron Outdoor Club will be running a full children's jackrabbit cross-country ski program in the winter of 2010 on Dakota Ridge.

It's not about their record, wins or loses - it just doesn't matter. This is about improving their game and playing baseball for the love of the sport.

Wednesday night at Ted Dixon saw Xenichen Ya Yas face the Blazers in the most dramatic match-up of the women's league season thus far.

The Gibsons Curling Club is gearing up to rock the house for another season. Last Friday night, Oct.

The undefeated Predators took on undefeated Grandview Griffins last Saturday.

Hockey HEROS made a positive first impression on 17 Sunshine Coast youth Sept. 25 at the Gibsons and Area Community Centre. Last Friday was the kick-off for the grassroots program committed to empowering children through hockey.

The Sunshine Coast was well-represented at the recent B.C. Seniors Games in Richmond, with several athletes coming home with medals. Two dragon boat teams competed. Both were composite teams with paddlers from all four Sunshine Dragons teams.

The U14 Spartans brought home another victory last weekend 3-1 over Kensington Little Mountain (KLM). Spartans' winning combination of determination, speed and skill revoked any home field advantage KLM might have had.

The U11 Scorpions may not be the league champions yet, but their convincing 5-2 victory over visiting Burnaby CAU last weekend went some way towards confirming their intentions.

Goals, lots of them, highlighted week two action in men's league soccer last Sunday, Sept. 20. Sechelt Chiefs' strikers bombarded Gibsons Pigs United netminder, in a 10-2 win.