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Three Sunshine Coast Minor Hockey Association players earned top honours at the Pacific Coast Amateur Hockey Association scholarship tournament last week.

Opening my email here in sunny Mexico, I was shocked to find that both the men's and women's leagues had turned topsy turvy. Two teams that had never been in first place are now in the two top spots.

The Sunshine Coast Cycling Club (SCC) has selected their 2008 core team and they're out to make a name for themselves in the racing circuit again this year.

In the follow-up game to the victory by the Chatelech Secondary School junior boys last Monday night, the Chat Grade 8 boys defeated their counterparts from Elphinstone 36-26 on Tuesday, Jan. 22.

Shaun Stephens-Whale has lofty expectations for this year's Empire State Building run-up. The Roberts Creek runner heads to New York tomorrow (Saturday) to begin preparations for the annual event set for Tuesday, Feb. 5, in the Big Apple.

Chad Ketting hopes the hard work he puts in now will pay off down the road in the Western Hockey League (WHL) - and maybe one day in the pros. The goaltender from Halfmoon Bay is playing with the Vancouver Northwest Giants in the B.C.

The Kunamatatas started off 2008 on the right boot with a well played 4-2 victory last weekend. The K-team started strong, with Simon Gaiga getting an early lead.

Elphinstone Secondary School senior boys coach Mike Sopow called his Grade 11 players out after a disappointing third place finish in the Cougar Classic last weekend, telling the boys that they needed to step up, be aggressive and attack the hoop, an

Editor's note: This is part two of an exclusive one-on-one interview with Chicago Cubs pitcher and Gibsons native Ryan Dempster conducted on Tuesday, Jan. 8, while Dempster was home for a post-Christmas visit with family and friends.

Coming off his first trip to the post-season, Gibsons' Ryan Dempster says he has some unfinished business.