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Comox Valley United has won its first three games of the season, which gives the men’s team a share of the lead in Division 2 of the Vancouver Island Soccer League.

The Canadian Death Race is a 125-kilometre race in Grande Cache, Alta. — an incredibly difficult race, with 17,000 feet of climbing. It includes a river crossing where participants must pay a coin to the Grim Reaper for passage across the ‘River Styx,’ as in Greek Mythology.

Chloe Gummer has kicked off the 2019 Pacific Western Athletic Association soccer season with two goals in six games.

The Upper Island Riptide soccer club played a handful of home games this past week. On Saturday, the U14 and U16 girls hosted teams from Victoria South at Valleyview.

On Sunday, Sept. 22, the Comox ladies golf club had their last day of organized golf, which took place in the form of a scramble.

The Comox Valley Kickers women’s team kicked off the season with a 45-29 win over Victoria’s Castaway Wanderers, Saturday at Vanier Secondary. The victory continued the team’s winning streak.

Team is carrying three goalies to start the VIJHL season

Comox Golf Club Thursday night ladies closing tournament:

Zone 2 athletes from Vancouver Island North won a combined 254 medals at the recent 55+ BC Games in Kelowna. They placed fourth overall in the medal count at the annual multi-sport event. The Okanagan-Similkameen and Fraser Valley zones topped the medal standings with 422 and 412, respectively.

Comox Valley soccer player Malia Irvine has completed a four-year soccer scholarship at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The Mark Isfeld Secondary graduate earned a bachelor of science in kinesiology while playing full-time for the ‘Vaqueros’ women’s team.