Local Sports

The high school mountain bike race series is back in full swing. Despite the low snow on the mountains, our local race teams have managed to get some pre-season training in, and it has paid off on the finish line.

The unique sport of shore style skimboarding is starting to make waves on the Sunshine Coast and beyond. On April 6, local board company Akwa Industries staged the Roberts Creek Open, the first ever skimboard jam on the Coast.

Last year as Howie Joe and I sat at Hackett Park and watched the Gibsons Pigs win their playoff game with the Sechelt Chiefs, Joe said, "Next year, you're going to see Chiefs in the final.

The record books were re-written in the men's and women's divisions at the 31st annual April Fool's Run last Sunday.The top three men all finished under the old mark of 1:09:58 set in 2004.

The Razors held off a pesky Hitmen squad to capture the men's A-division hockey championship Saturday night in Gibsons.

The Sechelt Indian Band hosted one of this year's men's tournaments at Ted Dixon Memorial Park last weekend.

The 2007/08 youth soccer season drew to a close with four divisional year-end tournaments last weekend. The U15 boys came up with some exciting games, as every game was close with no blow outs.

Home schooling for kids is like being self-employed - once your work is done, you can go and do what you want, regardless of what the clock says.

The 31st annual Sunshine Coast April Fool's Run presented by Coast Cable Communications is this Sunday, April 6, starting in front of Sunnycrest Mall and Elphinstone Secondary School in Gibsons at 9 a.m.

Caitlin Jarvis loves figure skating. Anyone who has watched her skate has seen the joy skating brings her. It radiates out and touches everyone around her.