Local Sports

The Elphinstone Cougars finished off the regular season in thrilling fashion last Thursday with a 50-44 comeback win over the Collingwood Cavaliers. The senior girls finished league play with a .

The U16 boy's rep Strikers soccer team played host to a successful soccer camp last Friday. The camp had 25 children aged nine to 12 in the morning session on a beautiful day at Piccadilly Park.

The Chatelech Eagles remain hot as the senior boys enter the stretch drive of their regular season with an eye towards the North Shore playoffs next week.

The four teams in the men's A-division hockey league have been playing a game of leap frog the past two weeks. With only a few games left before the playoffs, each game has been unpredictable.

Beautiful sunny weather in Sechelt and snow at Shirley Macey Park presented a few problems for soccer on the Coast last weekend. The U12 girls' game was cancelled because of the snow, as were some of the games in the men's and women's leagues.

Wrestlers from Elphinstone Secondary School did themselves proud with excellent results at the North Shore high school championships last Friday at Rockridge Secondary School in West Vancouver.

The Bantam Rep Blues led from start to finish in possibly their best performance of the year Saturday afternoon at the Sunshine Coast Arena.

The first 2005 youth rep soccer games finally took place last weekend. The U14 girls' Scorpions continued their fine season with a strong game against the North Shore Wave.

It's been a busy two weekends at the Gibsons Curling Club. Last weekend, the club played host to its annual mixed bonspiel, while the weekend prior, the juvenile curlers took centre stage.

"Offensively challenged" could best describe the tilt between the Elphinstone Cougars and Chatelech Eagles on Monday in Gibsons.