Local Sports

Saturday morning Oct. 2 saw the start of the 14th annual Grouse Grind, a 2.9 km trail with an elevation gain of 3,700 feet that resembles a goat path in the Himalayas.

Glen Coady saw his men's team, the IGA Selects, lose their first game and first place, but his boys struck for goals as their rep teams won two games last weekend.

Only a few weeks into to the 2004/05 men's A-division hockey league, a real battle for first place has started.

It was a great sunny day this week for soccer, and the sun finally set on the Selects empire as Gibsons Pigs pounded them 5-1.

Smiles were in order last weekend as Coast rep soccer teams had a load of success on the pitch. Saturday saw Glen Coady's U12 boys' Storm win their first game 2-0.

The Gibsons Pigs fell to 1-2 after a 28-7 loss against the Blues in Chilliwack last Saturday. Gibsons headed to Chilliwack three players short and managed to pick up one player when they got to the field.

The Inlet Raiders took over the early season lead with a pair of wins in men's A-division hockey action.

When race fans think about NASCAR racing, images of Jeff Gordon, the Winston Cup and Daytona probably come to mind. But the Sunshine Coast? Probably not - that is until now. The Sunshine Coast is now home to an up-and-coming driver from West Sechelt.

After a successful prospects camp with the Vancouver Canucks, Garden Bay native Kyle Bruce is off to Winnipeg.

The boys youth rep soccer teams were all in league action on Sept. 18. The gold division U12 Storm gave Richmond United a good game but dropped the tilt 2-1. Jona Lussier went into the record book as he tallied Storm's first goal ever.