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SPRING-LIKE conditions Saturday turned Grouse Mountain's annual Quiksilver Showdown Over the City into a snowboarding sunfest as more than 30 professional riders from across North America competed for kudos and cash.

THIS month North Vancouver's Filip Peliwo was announced as Tennis Canada's Most Outstanding Junior Male for 2011, his second year in a row to earn that honour.

Sutherland grad leads VIU to CCAA national title

THE University of British Columbia senior women's basketball team, featuring five players from North Vancouver, battled all the way to the CIS championship game before falling 69-53 Monday night to the Windsor Lancers at the Jack Simpson Gymnasium in

NORTH Vancouver's Brodie Seger battled tough conditions as well as a pack of the top 15-and 16-year-old alpine skiers in the country to win the overall title at the Canadian J1 Championships held March 8-10 on Whistler Mountain.

Olympic champ finishes season second overall

THE Vancouver North West Giants will face the Cariboo Cougars for the third straight year in a three-game series for the championship of the B.C. Major Midget League March 23-25 at the Burnaby Winter Club.

FOUR North Shore rugby stars will play major roles on three different Canadian teams at the prestigious International Rugby Board HSBC Hong Kong Sevens tournament starting tomorrow and running until Sunday.

Olympic champ serves notice she is back near top form

NORTH Vancouver's Carla Wyman played a big role in helping the Simon Fraser University women's basketball team to a milestone victory March 1 as the Clan earned the first playoff win for the program since they joined the NCAA's second division.