Local Sports

Twelve-year-old Dakota Sanzana of Comox concluded the judo season by winning a bronze medal in the Under-16 division in her weight category at nationals last weekend in Edmonton. She lost just one bout in a round robin.

The Isfeld Ice junior girls soccer team reached the Island final May 8 in Shawnigan Lake but fell just short of winning the championship.

Courtenay golfer Abigail Rigsby has received an Academic All-District honour, becoming the second female golfer at Oklahoma Christian University to do so.

Comox ladies golf results for May 16, nine holes yellow:

Six members of the Comox Valley Raiders Football club have been selected to play in Alberta British Columbia (ABC) Border Bowl games, Saturday, May 25 in Kelowna. The challenge pits all-star teams from Alberta and B.C. against one another in multiple age groups.

Eleven ladies from the Crown Isle Ladies Golf Club played in the Ladies North Island Golf Tournament on Mother’s Day, May 12, at the Comox Golf Club.

Recently, the Comox Valley Minor Lacrosse Association hosted the Coquitlam Adanacs, the Port Alberni Tyees and the Cowichan Valley Thunder in the first ever Gone Wild Bantam Lacrosse Tournament.

The Comox Ladies North Island Tournament on Mother’s Day, May 12 was the 60th anniversary of the event — considered a milestone for golf in the Comox Valley and the Comox Golf Course.

A powerhouse team of local runners participated in the Eugene Marathon last month and in the Vancouver Marathon May 5.

Riding the wave of her parents’ exploits at previous events, Joan Lightfoot is accumulating a serious medal collection from the 55+ B.C. Games.