The Vanier Towhees are off to the Vancouver Island AAA senior boys basketball championships this week at Mount Douglas in Victoria.

Island Spirit Sports All Star Cheerleading鈥檚 competitive season is well underway. The Comox-based club has had some impressive performances to date this year at events in Abbotsford and Tacoma, Washington.

The Mid-Island Blazers men鈥檚 AA hockey team is trading in their skates for dancing shoes.

"And the award for most dramatic goal in game four of a best-of-five series goes to ... Joel Wheeldon of the Comox Valley Glacier Kings!"

February was a busy month for Vancouver Island's cross-country ski club.

The CVMHA Courtenay Legion Pewee Tier II Chiefs were in action this past weekend with a home game against Victoria Ice Hawks and an away game against the Oceanside Generals.

When he was known as the Blond Tiger, he stalked his ring opponents mercilessly. These days, his neighbours just know him as Tommy Boyce, a pleasant guy who enjoys walking his dog Rocky.

My report on the Area 14 Sports Fishing Advisory Committee is based on the draft minutes of the meeting because I was not able to attend. I apologize for my absence to our new chairperson Meghan Kolmeyer-Hurd.

For over a century James Bay Athletic Association rugby teams have been the toast of B.C. and Canadian rugby. Formed in 1886, three years before the Comox Valley Kickers, the Bays have won 54 Vancouver Island Barnard Cup championships and a record 23 British Columbia Rounsfell Cup championships

That's how the Comox Valley Glacier Kings opened their first-round Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League playoff series with the Saanich Braves. The Icemen outslugged the Braves 8-7 in the Tuesday opener in Courtenay while Wednesday's game in Saanich was cancelled due to snow.