Local Sports

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.

In an attempt to make an entire playoff run outside of their den, the Squamish Cougars were stopped in their tracks sinking two games straight against the Armstrong Sharks in the WHA semi-finals on Friday and Saturday (March 7-8).

It's the end of an era - but it ended magically.The Squamish Under-18 boys' soccer club played Rep together for the last seven years, guided the entire way by coach Andy King.

Consider them geezers, old-timers or wily veterans - it doesn't matter. The Bald Eagles have heard all the monikers while representing Squamish over the last 12 years.

Squamish snowboarders reached the podium in both the men's and women's FIS snowboardcross World Cup in Lake Placid, N.Y. on Saturday (March 1).Maelle Ricker won the silver medal to maintain top position, 350 points ahead of U.S.