Local Sports

Team Richards and Team Parkinson, largely composed of Comox Valley Curling Club members, both won silver medals at the BC Winter Games, Feb. 20-23 in Fort St. John.

The Comox Valley Kickers women’s rugby team shut out the Castaway Wanderers in a fast-paced and hard-hitting game, last weekend at Windsor Park in Victoria.

The Vanier Towhees senior boys basketball team concluded its season in exciting fashion at the 4A Island Championships, Feb. 20-22 at Nanaimo District Secondary School (NDSS).

The Isfeld Ice senior boys basketball team has qualified for the triple-A B.C. championships.

Glacier Kings more than double last year’s win total but miss post-season

Duncan Whetter is a commanding presence on the football field.

In only his second year in the sport, Sebastian Lambert of Denman Island was selected to play with the B.C. U14 team that competed in December at the Snoop Youth Football League National Championship in Los Angeles. Rapper Snoop Dogg founded the non-profit league for inner-city children to play football.

Six cadets from 386 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron in Comox competed in the Regional Cadet Biathlon Competition at Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre last weekend in Vernon. A total of 84 cadets tested their fitness, skiing, teamwork and marksmanship skills over the 4.5 and 6 km courses.

Masters’ baseball season is fast approaching. Registration for the Komox Men’s Real Baseball League is on now, forms are available at Happy’s Source for Sports or you can register online via email at https://bit.ly/37KqCfg

The senior girls basketball team at Highland Secondary finished third at the double-A Island championships on the weekend in Shawnigan Lake, just missing a provincial berth.