Local Sports

The 9th annual Fall Tune-Up Cross Country was held last Sunday under perfect conditions. Participation was up from last year with more kids in the 1.3k and 2.6k events.

Lacrosse may be Canada's official national sport and hockey its most notorious, but curling has a long history in this country with a committed following of spectators and athletes.

Mokie Barabash-Burnham of Sechelt was recognized as one of the top fitness professionals in B.C. recently. The B.C.

The opening of the new Gibsons arena has seen a surge of interest from new skaters eager to lace up and take a spin, and the occasional spill, on the ice.

Former Sunshine Coast athletes continue to make great strides at the university level. Roberts Creek's Will Gye is in his first year of eligibility with the University of Victoria men's soccer team. Last year he played for the Capilano College Blues.

When you enter 13 cyclists into the final B.C. Cup mountain bike race of the season, and you finish with 11 medals, six provincial champions and five B.C. Cup points winners, you definitely have earned some bragging rights.

The World Series drought is now 101 years and counting.

Fusion and Coast Progressive United (CPU) have jumped out in front in the women's and men's soccer leagues respectively after four weeks of play. Marshall Mayhem challenged Fusion's claim to first place, but this week's match ended in a 0-0 tie.

He was a skinny little kid from the West End of Vancouver. No one paid him much attention around school, except his friends and when he played sports - especially baseball.

It isn't every day that an Olympian comes to town, and Silken Laumann was happy to share her scratched up, oft-handled medals with those who attended the Sechelt and District Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Sept. 19.