Local Sports

Haley Hill and Arran Arthur of the Comox Valley won medals at the 2019 World Ringette Championships, Nov. 25-Dec. 1 in Burnaby.

The Richards rink, largely consisting of Comox Valley players, won three games and lost four in their first-ever appearance at the U21 B.C. junior curling championships in Victoria.

As the decade comes to a close, Keith Wakelin reflects on a remarkable running career that culminated in 2019 with an achievement that no other runner has accomplished. The Comox Valley resident became Canadian champion in three different events in the same year.

In their first league game of the season, the Vanier Towhees senior boys basketball team beat Nanaimo District (NDSS) 73—68, Dec. 17 in Nanaimo.

Thirty nine members of the Comox Valley Sharks competed at the Christmas Cracker Invitational Swim Meet, Dec. 6-8 in Victoria. The event attracted more than 800 athletes from around B.C., Alberta and the Yukon.

Members of the U15, U16 and U18 Riptide boys soccer teams participated in the 2019 Timbers Alliance Showcase in Portland, Dec. 12-15.

The Highland Raiders beat the visiting Nanaimo Christian School 59-21, Tuesday night in a senior high school girls exhibition game.

The Orange Sox Fastball program — developed to form a U16 boys team for the 2020 BC Summer Games — has launched an online registration portal. Each player will be able to register and participate in all team practices, clinics, training or team functions at no.

Locally raised skier, Granger Campbell, was selected and raced for Canada in the Valtellina - Valchiavenna 2019 Winter Deaflympics in Italy on Dec. 15-17.

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