Spring is arriving, and that means Thunderball Basketball for Grade 4 to 7 boys and girls is coming up. The Thunderball league has over 20 years of tradition that includes almost 40 coaches every year. Many of the coaches are G.P Vanier high school students who look forward to working with their younger counterparts and enhancing their skill in this worldly game. There are parents who help as well, and students from our other high schools will coach.

The big names battled it out at the Comox Valley Half Marathon on Sunday, March 20, with Simon Whitfield talking first place by a margin of three seconds.

The electrifying clink of heavy metal to ice and the deafening roars of 110,000 fans heralded the unmistakable return of Red Bull Crashed Ice to its roots in Quebec City for the 2011 World Championship season closer on Saturday, March 19.

This weekend you can end your winter "with a spring" by skiing the Loppet.

First, they were first. Finally, they were second. That was the shocking finish for the Vancouver Island University Mariners women's volleyball team at the CCAA championships, March 10-12 in Saint John, N.B.

It is all well and good to talk about the great migration of Pacific herring into local waters on their annual spawning run, but it can be a little disconcerting when you can't find them.

The Comox Valley-to-Canadian basketball championships connection is alive and well. Calvin Westbrook helped lead the Trinity Western University Spartans to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) men's basketball championship on the weekend (March 11-13), becoming the second G.P. Vanier Towhee to reach the national final.

Island Spirit Sports two youngest teams had a great showing at the 鈥淔or the Love of It鈥� cheerleading competition in Port Moody on March 12.

The Comox Golf Club welcomes everyone back for the 2011 golf season.