Local Sports

The Comox Valley United Soccer Club U18 girls team played a top tier private youth academy team, TSS FC, Dec. 12 in Richmond. The game was a month in the making to prepare the squad for spring cup games, and to play against a top team outside their normal league.

Yetis bounce back with two shootout wins

The all-star showcase will be part of the junior A league鈥檚 60th anniversary weekend in January

A stalwart group of Comox Valley Road Runners made the trip to Sacramento to compete in the recent California International Marathon 鈥� the so-called 鈥楩astest Marathon in the West.鈥� While the course has a net 300 feet of downhill, there are in fact a number of hills in the course, so it is surprisingly more difficult than the race鈥檚 moniker might suggest. The early hills take their toll, so that only the strongest survive to the finish.

The senior boys from team Vanier won the Mount Douglas basketball tournament on the weekend in Victoria.

The Isfeld Ice senior boys basketball squad won its eight-team home tournament on the weekend.

Adam McKillican of the Comox Valley has joined the ranks of ball players from the University of British Columbia who have been drafted by a Major League Baseball club. Last summer, the 6鈥�5鈥� pitcher signed a free agent deal with the Texas Rangers.

The junior A league experimented with the system at the BCHL Showcase in Chilliwack in October

The Comox Valley Raiders midget football team squared off with North Surrey at the B.C. nine-man championship final, Saturday, Dec. 4 in Langley.

The Isfeld Ice senior boys basketball team defeated Nanaimo鈥檚 John Barsby Secondary 102-66 in its first league game of the season, Tuesday at Isfeld Secondary. The visitors kept the game tight in the first quarter, which ended 19-18 in favour of Isfeld, but the home side took over in the second to take a 46-30 lead into the half.