Local Sports

The Richards and the Parkinson rinks, both from the Comox Valley Curling Club, have qualified to represent Vancouver Island at the BC Winter Games, Feb. 20-23 in Fort St. John.

Saturday, Jan. 18, is the date that all hunters are invited to bring their skulls, mounts, horns, or antlers to the Courtenay and District Fish and Game Protective Association to be measured and scored. There will be a $5 measuring fee for non-members. You are welcome to bring interesting antlers or mounts even if not record material for a little show and tell. It鈥檚 always good for a conversation.

Despite a serious age disadvantage, 13-year-old Comox judoka Dakota Sanzana won a bronze medal at the 2020 Elite 8 National Judo Championships, Jan. 11 in Montreal.

The Isfeld Ice senior boys basketball team lost by two points to Carihi in the final of the annual Totem Classic last weekend in Port Alberni.

The Highland Raiders senior girls basketball team finished second at the long-running Totem Tournament, last weekend in Port Alberni.

The host Vanier won the annual Towhee senior boys basketball tournament on the weekend, which provided some electrifying games and great crowds.

The Strathcona Nordic race team, based on Mt. Washington, competed at the first of the BC Cup series near Salmon Arm at Larch Hills Nordic Area. More than 400 athletes from across B.C. attended the two-day event.

The Vanier Towhees senior boys basketball team is hosting the 51st annual Towhee Invitational.

Courtenay-raised freestyle skier Dillan Glennie has earned her way to the FIS World Cup February in Calgary, where she will compete in halfpipe.

What better way to spend the time between Christmas and New Year than skiing with all your friends! The Teck Regional Snow Camp hosted by Strathcona Nordic Ski Club on their home trails of Mount Washington offered just that to 55 athletes and coaches, including a contingent of athletes and families from Vancouver and even Prince George.