Local Sports

Cost increase for students, but everyone gets ‘sessions’

Whistler skier makes finals in consecutive skiercross events

Last week B.C. Alpine announced this year’s group of K1 (age 11-12) and K2 (age 13-14) athletes and coaches that will train with the fourth annual Best to the Best (B2B) program at Apex.

The snow may be falling in Whistler, but running season is not quite over yet.

Saturday’s annual Bill Landry Memorial Loonar Enduro, a mountain bike race based out of the Alice Lake area, was a success with strong turnouts in every category.

For the third season in a row, Spyder is accepting sponsorship proposals for its Venom House Team, a freeride group that will represent Spyder’s collection of outerwear across North America.

The Whistler Youth Soccer League is winding up a successful first season as part of the Squamish Youth Soccer, with most age groups wrapping up in the next few weeks.

The Squamish Off Road Cycling Association will wrap up its season this Saturday, Oct. 30, with the annual Bill Landry Loonar Enduro, a six-hour endurance race that will run until after dark.

Although he wasn’t a fan of short, indoor courses, Mont Tremblant’s Jasey Jay Anderson proved he can be explosive out of the gate as well as a strong finisher with a bronze medal performance at Landgraaf, Netherlands last weekend.

Canada qualifies 13 athletes for World Cup opener