Local Sports

Some young, ‘wild’ lacrosse players received a few pointers from a retired pro at a recent clinic at the Comox Valley Sports Centre.

The sounds of roaring motors and screeching tires combined with the smell of burning rubber returns to Saratoga Speedway Saturday night as the Black Creek oval opens its 37th season with the first of 25 events.

Junior B lacrosse is back on the North Island. After years without a local Junior B team lacrosse fans once again have good reason to cheer.

A couple of Vancouver Island teams won championships at the ninth edition of the World Masters Games in New Zealand.

Former Vancouver Whitecaps star Carl Valentine shared some of his expertise with a group of young players at a Comox Valley United Soccer Club clinic, Friday at the Vanier turf.

A group of Comox Valley Special Olympics rhythmic gymnasts won numerous ribbons from a recent competition in Victoria.

Shooting a 61 last year at Crown Isle — a single stroke off the course record — was the impetus Graeme Nelson needed to carry on as a serious golfer. The 24-year-old Courtenay resident, who turned pro in January, is attempting to qualify for the PGA Tour Canada.

Some of Vancouver Island’s best downhill mountain bikers will descend – quite literally – on the Comox Valley on Sunday, April 30. That’s when the United Riders of Cumberland (UROC) are hosting the Cumberland Dodge City DH, the only downhill race of the 2017 Island Cup Series.

Oklahoma Christian freshman Abigail Rigsby was named Thursday to the All-Heartland Conference women’s golf second-team honour list.

Roller derby is back in the Comox Valley this week.