Local Sports

On the afternoon of Saturday September 10th it was a carnival atmosphere at Handsworth Secondary as the Handsworth Royals hosted the West Vancouver Highlanders for Handsworths first Homecoming bowl celebrating the schools 50th anniversary.

On Friday September 9th, history was made at Burnabys Moscrop secondary as the Moscrop Panthers hosted the Argyle Pipers in junior exhibition football. 2011 marks Argyles return to the gridiron after a 30 year absence.

On Saturday September 10th, junior football returned to Handsworth Secondary as the Handsworth Royals hosted the West Vancouver Highlanders in Handsworths first Homecoming Bowl marking the schools fiftieth anniversary.

NORTH Shore rugby fans will be up late Tuesday night watching Canada play their first game of the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

NORTH Vancouver's Mark Dekanich is a lot of things - husband, prolific Tweeter, liberal arts nerd, white knight - but one title he's aspired to but never attained is that of a fulltime NHL player.

THE team of Ray Lachance and Rod Dagneau claimed top spot in the inaugural running of the innovative North Shore Overlord GPS Mountain Bike Race held on Mount Fromme Aug. 27.

TWO North Vancouver field hockey players were recently named to the NCAA Colonial Athletic Association's All-CAA preseason team in a vote by the league's head coaches.

West Van lawn bowler a national champion

The RBC GranFondo Whistler is set to blast off for its second running with more than 7,000 cyclists signed up to race from Vancouver to Whistler on Saturday, Sept. 10.

AFTER years of stops, starts, fundraisers and former garbage dumps, field hockey will finally have its own artificial turf field at Ambleside Park this September.