Local Sports

The Midget house hockey team completed their season last weekend in fine fashion, capturing the Capilano Banner.

Gibsons Minor Ball Association will play host to a pre-season big league experience baseball clinic next weekend. On Friday, March 26, Peewee and Bantam players should register at Ryan Dempster field in Brothers Park between 3:30 and 4 p.m.

Pender Harbour Secondary School (PHSS) opened the 2004 senior boys' high school rugby season last Friday with a home game. PHSS put up a strong fight against the Argyle Pipers from North Vancouver, but in the end, Argyle pulled away for the win.

The Bantam Rep Blues' chances of a President's Series banner took a serious blow last weekend after suffering a pair of defeats.

After spending most of the season in the basement, the Powerclean Outlaws have finally seen the light. The Outlaws moved into second place in the Men's A-division hockey league standings with a pair of wins last week.

The senior boys' high school basketball season wrapped up in fine fashion last weekend at Elphinstone Secondary School. The Elphi Cougars hosted a six-team round robin tournament to finish off the year. The tournament started last Thursday, Feb.

The Inlet Raiders nearly got their revenge last Saturday night at the Sunshine Coast Arena.

The Gibsons Pigs got back into the win column with an impressive 37-0 thrashing of the Simon Fraser University (SFU) Clan in third division rugby action at Elphinstone Secondary School, Feb. 28.

The Midget Rep Blues will represent the Sunshine Coast March 14 to 20 at the 2004 Midget AA Provincial Championships in Parksville. The Blues clinched the berth last weekend at the Final Four play downs in Port Moody.

Spikes and set reigned supreme last weekend during the annual Suncoast Cup Co-ed Volleyball Tournament at Chatelech Secondary School. This year's event featured four teams from around the Coast.