Local Sports

The Kermodes men's basketball team made its first quest to New Westminster on Saturday (Jan. 19) for a second lesson against one of the best college teams in the country.

The Antigonish Bulldogs of the Maritime Junior A Hockey League (MJAHL) in Atlantic Canada have reached out to the Squamish Cougars for another player. Kyle Ritchie has joined the Dogs to add some physical presence and bolster their defence.

Thirty-six wide-eyed ski Bunnies and Jackrabbits hit the trails at the Callaghan Valley Nordic centre as the first kids to learn cross-country skiing via the Squamish Nordic Ski Club's development program on Sunday (Jan. 13).

The Quest men's b-ballers have now dribbled with every team in the British Columbia Colleges Athletic Association after facing the country's seventh-ranked UBC Okanagan Lakers on Friday (Jan. 4).

The Squamish BMX Racing Club (SBRC) is calling on parents, kids and adult volunteers to attend its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Sunday (Jan. 27) in preparation for the race track's second season at Brennan Park.

Ten women started the second half of the Squamish Women's Hockey season with a regular Sunday night game on Jan. 6 wishing they had a few more skaters.

Like eagles silently gliding through the winter air, 64 male and female Junior ski jumpers from Canada and the United States launched the inaugural competition at Callaghan Valley's new Olympic venue on Wednesday (Jan. 2).

With the Canadian squad receiving its first world junior championship loss against Sweden after 20 consecutive tournament wins on Saturday (Dec. 29), it wasn't one of the best days for the country's beloved sport.

The newly formed Squamish Nordic Ski Club is laying fresh tracks for local residents to pursue the area's fastest-growing winter sports.The club is hosting an All Things Nordic event at Brennan Park on Saturday (Dec. 8) from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Squamish keeps producing some of the best cyclists in the province, and the town's most recent prodigy has just been recognized as the 2007 Cycling BC Female Mountain Biker of the Year.