Local Sports

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.

There are many aspects to trying out a new sport:.

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.

Blueliner Dalton Thrower is heading to Japan to represent British Columbia at the Under-16 Memorial Cup celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Nagano Olympics.

Five members of the Squamish Eagles Midget hockey club did not disappoint after being chosen to represent the Greater Vancouver Canucks in an annual scholarship tournament on Saturday (Jan. 26).

Both the men's and women's Quest University basketball teams went head-to-head with a veteran group of Squamish All Stars last weekend to finish off their home schedule.

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).