Local Sports

Imagine hauling your butt across 400 kilometres of harsh terrain, through three scorching days and two freezing nights, as fast as humanly possible with next to no sleep.

The last major event of the season took place at the Callaghan Valley's Whistler Olympic Park last week with 170 athletes from across Canada and the USA competing for top spots in the Canadian Biathlon Championships Saturday (March 29).

SubmittedThe Test of Metal is still a few months away, but the organizers of the 67-kilometre mountain bike race have already been hard at work with epic planning sessions, according to a news release sent Tuesday morning (April 1).

Neal Kindree will again be representing Canada - and Squamish - on the world stage during the Pan-American Mountain Bike Championships in San Juan de Los Morros, Venezuela on Sunday (April 6).

The 81st Haywood Ski Nationals came to an official close with the women's and men's 30- and 50-kilometre classic cross-country ski races at Callaghan Valley on Sunday (March 23).

As if Squamish isn't already a soccer town, the 28th annual Soccerfest is expected to draw a long procession of players from the Lower Mainland and Interior for the April 19-20 weekend.

Canada's top cross-country skiers continue to cut their first competitive tracks at Callaghan Valley this week in the Haywood Ski Nationals - the 81st edition of the Canadian Cross-Country Ski Championships from March 16 to 23.

One way to prepare for your first season as a varsity soccer coach is to go over strategies and study systems of play from a book. But Quest University's first women's soccer coach, Martina Franko, is taking more of a cleats-on approach.

Whether rooting for the RCMP or spouting for the firefighters, a packed crowd filled Brennan Park Arena to raise more than $2,000 for Briana Gonzales through the eighth annual Guns and Hoses charity hockey game Friday (March 14).

Quest University athletic directors are looking for a new men's basketball head coach since choosing not to renew Steve Anderson's contract for the 2008-2009 season.