Local Sports

Thirteen athletes from the Sunshine Coast Special Olympics Basketball program attended a tournament in Coquitlam on Feb. 22 at Charles Best Secondary School. The Coast athletes split into two teams and each team played four games.

Sunshine Coast field lacrosse players (from left) Jake Podgorenko, Braedon Service and Levi Mural won provincial gold last weekend as members of North Shore Eagles.

Claire Strachan is the Sunshine Coast Skating Club’s Skater of the Month for February. Claire is nine years old and attends Grade 4 at Gibsons Elementary School.

Same name, same gymnasium, different format – that’s the essence of the Coastal Cup volleyball competition set for Saturday, Feb. 29.

Boxing BC Provincial Championships

Three youth athletes from the Sunshine Coast earned top-five positions at the BC Winter Games in Fort St. John last week.

Don't miss out on the fun! Secure your spot in the BMO Sunshine Coast April Fool's Run Presented by Eastlink, happening Sunday, April 5. Registration is on track to sell out and entry fees increase this Saturday, Feb. 29 at midnight. See foolsrun.

The Chinook Swim Club attended Lower Mainland Regional Championships on Feb. 8 and 9 at Watermania in Richmond. Swimmers qualified for the meet with age-specific 200 Individual Medley qualifying times.

The Sunshine Coast Skating Club sent 15 skaters to the 2020 WinterSkate & BC Coast Regional Championships competition in Langley, Feb. 1 to 3. The club’s skaters were awarded two bronze medals, four gold and five silver assessments.

In a thrilling final, Grade 8 Elphinstone wrestler Alice Clement came from behind late in the match to beat a Grade 11 student from Windsor Secondary School to take first place at the Vancouver Sea-to-Sky Zone Championships on Feb. 7.