Sports

The Comox Valley-to-Canadian basketball championships connection is alive and well. Calvin Westbrook helped lead the Trinity Western University Spartans to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) men's basketball championship on the weekend (March 11-13), becoming the second G.P. Vanier Towhee to reach the national final.

It is all well and good to talk about the great migration of Pacific herring into local waters on their annual spawning run, but it can be a little disconcerting when you can't find them.

Island Spirit Sports two youngest teams had a great showing at the “For the Love of It” cheerleading competition in Port Moody on March 12.

The Comox Golf Club welcomes everyone back for the 2011 golf season.

Happy’s Source for Sports ” Midget Tier 1 Chiefs begin their quest for a provincial championship this weekend.

The Comox Valley Curling Club hosted the annual Men's Open Bonspiel on the weekend, with 22 local and six out-of-town teams taking part. Competition was fierce, yet a lot of fun and camaraderie was enjoyed by all.

Everything is buried under a sea of white. When you step back and take a good look at the scene around Mount Washington it becomes obvious, the mountain has seen a lot of snow this winter. Correction, Mount Washington has seen absurd amounts of snow this winter.

In its 28th season, the popular Comox Valley Tri-K Triathlon welcomes a new title sponsor. "The team at Shoreline Orthodontics is happy to be joining the annual event," an event spokesperson said after event chair Rick Gibson made the announcement late last week.

The annual Comox Valley half Marathon, set to run this Sunday At 11 a.m. from the Florence Filberg Centre, is going to have some very fast company this year.