Local Sports

The Calgary Flames might be on fire in the Stanley Cup playoffs, but a volleyball team from the Coast is also on a hot streak of their own as they head to "Cow Town" this weekend.

Mother Nature provided fine weather and 20 teams provided some lovely football (soccer to the Philistines) at last weekend's Xenichen Ya Yas' seven-a-side tournament.

With 32 teams registered for the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) Relay For Life, close to 400 people will be walking, running and jogging through the night in support of the Canadian Cancer Society.

The Elphi golf team is off to the AA zone finals following a second-place showing at the division playoffs. Elphi finished with a score of 333, while St.

Two years of scrapes, bruises, stitches and sweat have all been worth it for Davis Bay's Taylor Hunt. The 14-year-old is starting to turn heads in the competitive motocross circuit.

What started out as a promising beginning to another Super Bike racing season for Gibsons' Laurence Owen has ended with a permanent pit stop.

The Sunshine Coast Volleyball Club's U14 Tsunami picked up a silver medal at the 2004 provincial championships last weekend in Surrey.

The third annual On the Edge Rat Race proved to be the best yet with a total of 256 riders taking part last weekend.

The Sunshine Coast Lacrosse Association (SCLA) is back for another exciting season of floor-pounding action. This year's season began in earnest last week at the Sunshine Coast Arena.

The first time I saw a team of paddlers was during Sunday breakfast at the Waterfront Restaurant. Fairly new to the Coast, the scenery caught my breath and I was mesmerized by the boat traffic.