Local Sports

U14 Girls Gold The U14 Scorpion girls played a tremendous game against the Sunshine Coast Scorpions in the final for the District Cup.

The coaching staff of the Squamish Pee Wee Rep Eagles have been losing their hair lately over the team's play. And that's a good sign.

The Howe Sound Sounders had a much brighter trip last week to the Sunshine Coast. In early January, the senior boys basketball squad made a trip to Sechelt where the Chatelech Eagles blew them off the court. But last Thursday (Feb.

The distance from Pender Harbour to Lund is approximately 75 km - but you don't have to do it all at once.

They've got silver nailed down but they're aiming for gold. The Squamish U13 Gunners boys' soccer team is in first place in the Silver 1 Division in the North Shore League.

It's a tight and fluctuating race for the top spot in the Howe Sound Men's Soccer League this season. The top four teams are only separated by a handful of points. Whistler F.C.

Joe Eppele changed schools and moved from Squamish to Vancouver to be closer to his hammer and shot put coach, not for football. But the pigskin may replace the hammer as the Squamish product's meal ticket.

The Squamish Golf and Country Club has broken a record - this is the earliest the course has opened for regular season play. The greens officially opened on Feb. 9. Previously, the earliest opening was Feb. 13 in 1998 following El Niño.

There's no ice needed for this game - the Totem Hockey League is all about a gym floor. Squamish's new ball hockey league has five teams with 10 players each.

The Squamish gold division U15 boys' team is the top of the North Shore League standings and has gone undefeated all season. "They've worked hard to get where they are," said Andy King, who has been coaching the team for five years.