Local Sports

The Inlet Raiders have some Razorbacks nipping at their heels. The Ross Concrete Services/SC Home Building Centre Razorbacks had a great week, winning a pair of games to pull even with eight points and top spot with the Raiders.

The Sunshine Coast Skating Club is off to another fabulous start.

Following are Elphinstone Secondary School's results in the North Shore X-Country league race, Oct. 4, in Squamish.

The men's and woman's leagues here on the Sunshine Coast have a shortage of referees this season. We don't get no respect! The refs list has only a few names on it and some of the veterans have opted not to suit up on Sundays.

Dozens of Coast teams came together under sunny skies for the Sechelt Nation Annual Seven-a-Side Soccer Tournament at Ted Dixon Memorial Park last weekend with two Squamish teams also vying for the $1,000 top prize.

For the past three seasons, it seems like the script has already been written for the Capilano College men's soccer team - at least when it came to the provincial championships.

The hockey landscape across Canada is featuring talent from the Sunshine Coast. The Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League has been a hunting ground for Coast players for many years and this year is no different.

Former Canadian national snowboarder Mitch Baker was at Cedar Grove and Sechelt Elementary Schools last week teaching kids the formula to succeed. Baker was a member of the national team for six years.

Shaun Stephens-Whale's first time wearing the Maple Leaf was a positive one last month in Turkey. Shaun competed for Team Canada at the world mountain running championships. He finished 41st out of 80 competitors hailing from more than 36 countries.

Cliff Thorburn demonstrated on Sunday why he is a former world champion snooker player. Thorburn competed at the Top Gun Snooker Challenge at the Sechelt Legion.