Local Sports

The Elphi Cougars won their appeal last Saturday with B.C. School Sports, allowing the transfer of Chatelech player Jennifer Brown. B.C.

Best buddies Sean Stanhope and Matt Cottrell have beaten the odds and lived to race again. After spending the summer writing about the On The Edge (OTE) race club results, I thought I'd offer a look at an exciting event that happened last Tuesday.

They just want to have the chance to play. It's been a heck of a couple of weeks for the Elphinstone Secondary School Cougars senior girls' volleyball team.

Sechelt's Curtis Munson has reached the top of the mountain in National Hotrod Association (NHRA) racing. Munson was among the top drivers at the NHRA's Northwest Division summit racing series at Champion Raceway in Eagle Point, Ore., Sept. 9.

They just want to have the chance to play. It's been a heck of a couple of weeks for the Elphinstone Secondary School Cougars senior girls' volleyball team.

Hard work, a strict diet and lots of encouragement from family and friends paid off big time for Katie Duncan last month.

Immediately following their provincial championship tournament in Maple Ridge (Aug. 10 to 13), seven of Gibsons finest midget AA all-star baseball players ventured into the hot Okanagan sun for more baseball.

The most successful season in recent fastball history wrapped up last Friday night with the Lighthouse Mariners retaining the league championship with a hard-fought two to one series win over the Blackfish Pub.

Hey, it must be September.Everyone is gearing up for a new football (soccer) season. More than 1,200 Coast kids are included. The local rep teams kicked off the season with strong results at a number of tournaments last weekend in the Lower Mainland.

The third annual Sunshine Coast summer hockey school was another success. The main camp wrapped up today (Friday) at the Sunshine Coast Arena. Close to 60 kids took part in the camp with the Tyke/Novice group featuring the most players with 24.