Local Sports

The Cougars were no match for the Sabres Wednesday night in North Vancouver. But it wasn't for lack of effort.

Wrestlers from Elphi ruled the mat at the North Shore Championships last Friday. The senior boys' team finished third overall, only one point behind second place St. Thomas Aquinas.

The Chat ski team is showing promise against stiff competition on the North Shore. So far, Chat has competed in three races at Whistler/Blackcomb. The latest race was Jan. 21 at the Pontiac Races Centre on Blackcomb.

Men and women were back on the pitch last weekend after six weeks off, and not quite up to game speed, waddling a bit like Christmas turkeys.

The Elphi Cougars are set for a North Shore title run. The Cougars won their last two league games this week to finish with a 6-1 record.

The Rockridge Ravens may want to look for a permanent residence on the Sunshine Coast. For the second week in a row, the Ravens put on an impressive showing, winning the senior boys' basketball tournament hosted by the Elphi Cougars.

The Rockridge Ravens from North Vancouver ruined the party last Saturday night at Chat Secondary. The Ravens knocked off the Chat senior boys 70-51 in the final of the annual Open Waters Invitational. Chat had won the previous two years.

After a thrilling double overtime 48-46 loss against Sentinel Secondary of West Vancouver Jan. 9, the Chatelech bantam boys' basketball team won both games of a Jan. 11 double-header at Chat.

Former Sunshine Coast soccer player Will Gye picked up national soccer honours recently. Gye won a gold medal helping the Douglas College Royals to the National Collegiate soccer title.

The 2006 Vancouver Sun Run, Canada's largest 10 km running event, will be held on Sunday, April 23. A clinic, co-ordinated by SportMedBC, is currently being offered by the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) parks and recreation division.