Local Sports

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.

The Gibsons Pigs Men's Rugby team dropped its season opener last Saturday by two points at Elphinstone Secondary School. The Kats from West Vancouver upended the Pigs 12-10 in a closely played match.

Sept. 12 saw a sunny return to action for the men's and women's soccer leagues. In men's action, last year's tournament champs, Wolves, met league champs Pigs at Shirley Macy but failed to establish primacy as they played to a 4-4 draw.

Paul Wright, owner of Coast Progressive Physiotherapy, Kinetic Fitness and Gibsons Physiotherapy and a member of On The Edge Race Club, took part in the Ironman Canada Triathlon in Penticton on Aug. 29.

Two soloists and 15 team riders from the Coast set off for the 24 Hours of Adrenaline in Whistler last weekend and returned with medals, prizes and pain.