Local Sports

The competition gets stiffer but the score stays the same for Squamish FC, winning their second consecutive Vancouver Metro Soccer League (VMSL) Cup game 5-1 against Norvan JB's at Brennan Park Saturday (Feb. 23).

Four young Squamish archers bussed the redeye 12 hours to the B.C. Winter Games in Kimberley and Cranbrook Thursday (Feb. 21) and returned bright-eyed three days later with the shimmer of four gold and two silver medals.

Dalton Thrower and the rest of the Under-16 boys of BC journeyed across the Pacific to face an old nemesis and an up-and-coming hockey nation in the Memorial Cup (Feb. 7-11) celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Nagano Olympics.

The Midget Rep Eagles tore into Mission in two straight games to advance to the final four teams vying for the Lower Mainland AA championships scheduled to start Friday (Feb. 29).

After nearly a three-month break from the snow-covered fields at Brennan Park, the Howe Sound Men's Soccer League resumed play on the all-weather fields Sunday (Feb. 10).

Squamish continues to generate the top cycling athletes in British Columbia.On Monday (Feb.

Shayla Stanley is setting aside her hockey stick and once again brandishing her bladeless ringette stick for the B.C. Winter Games Feb. 21 to 24.

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Rocket Rally teams up with SubaruNeil [email protected] Local rally car champion Pat Richard of Rocket Rally Racing is steering Subaru Canada's return to racing and the release of the 2008 Impreza WRX STI.

The Howe Sound Secondary School boys' curling team rocked the Zone 2 Regional Playdowns and is sliding to the high school provincials.