Sports

The Vanier Towhees capped an undefeated (6-0) North Island regular season by defeating Ballenas Whalers 65-56 Thursday night at Vanier. Their reward is being North #1 seed at this week's (Feb. 24-26) AAA senior boys basketball North Island Tournament at Wellington Secondary in Nanaim

Dollars to donuts there's going to be some top-notch action at the 2010-11 Tim Hortons B.C. Senior Men's Curling Championships.

The Mark Isfeld Ice Grade 9-aged junior girls basketball team went with high hopes to the Vancouver Island Grade 10 championships in Shawnigan Lake on the weekend.

Comox Valley Glacier Kings' coach Jim MacLean told his players the key to beating the Saanich Braves was to stay out of the penalty box. The players listened.

The Vanier Towhees were without two key players Tuesday when they went to Powell River to play the Brooks Thunderbirds.

Mark Isfeld’s junior girls basketball team (comprised of all Grade 9s and a Grade 8) did the remarkable on the weekend by qualifying for the Vancouver Island Junior Girls (Grade 10 age) basketball championships.

A ladies open darts tournament goes this Sunday, Feb. 20 at the Comox Legion.

The recreational halibut fishery opens March 1, allowing anglers to catch one halibut per day and have two in their possession. The commercial fishery begins on March 12. Landing prices have not yet been negotiated.

The Isfeld Ice junior boys basketball team played solidly this past weekend at the North Island playoffs in Parksville and qualified for the Island championships this weekend (Feb. 17-19) in Victoria.

Steve Hextall and Ross McLean ran rampant Sunday, each scoring hat tricks as the Comox Valley Kickers men’s rugby club throttled Powell River Otago 52-0 at Cumberland’s Village Park.