Local Sports

When it comes to playing soccer, Jeremy Izad's passion is evident. The 14-year-old Sunshine Coast lad has been playing the grand old game since he was five years old and that passion and determination is starting to pay off in a big way.

The North side were the clear winners at last Saturday's North versus South men's hockey challenge at the Sunshine Coast Arena.

The Sunshine Coast Lacrosse Association is back for its second season. Hoping to build on the success of its inaugural campaign, organizers are kicking off the season with a free lacrosse development day on Sunday, Feb.

The 2003 Lower Mainland RCMP curling playdowns were held last weekend at the Gibsons Curling Club.

Gibsons Ryan Dempster will be pitching in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field this season. Dempster signed a one-year deal with a club option for 2005 with the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday.

For the second time in a week, the Chatelech Eagles senior boys' basketball team had all the right answers against the Howe Sound Sounders.

The Inlet Raiders continued their winning ways last week with a pair of wins in men's A-division hockey action. The Raiders knocked off the Rangers 4-1 on Jan.

The Chatelech senior boys continued their winning ways on Monday night with a 68-54 home win over the Howe Sound Secondary School Sounders in high school hoops action.

All runners on the Sunshine Coast who are thinking of running the April Fool's Run on March 28, are invited to sign up for the inaugural April Fool's half marathon training clinic in preparation for the event.

Fourteen-year-old Shaun Stephens-Whale of Roberts Creek has made his New Year's resolution - he's in training to scale 739 stairs on Feb. 8.