Sports

During his first trip to the karate nationals in 2009, Campbell River’s Kyell Erickson came home empty-handed.

The Carihi Tyees tuned up for their home tournament by winning the “Best of the Best” tourney in Chilliwack last Friday.

The Marine Harvest U18 boys soccer team plays Sunday, noon, at Willow Point Park against the Chilliwack Storm.

The girls on the North Island Edge hockey team are the queens of Midget B hockey in B.C.

The Crush Chaos claimed top spot in at Sunday’s U14 girls volleyball tournament at Carihi.

The Panago Peewee A Tyees completed an amazing season by battling to a third place finish at the Tier 2 Provincials in Aldergrove last week.

Six of the girls travelled to Port Alberni on March 12, for the provincial level 2 trials. The top six athletes in each division will represent the Island at the B.C. championships next month in Langley.

Standing before judges and an audience, while wearing next to nothing, is something Candice Martel thought she could never do.

This past weekend Mt. Washington was host to the provincial championships for K1 ski racing. And the local team came out as the strongest team in the province.

The Campbell River Killer Whales made a huge splash in Duncan recently, winning 36 medals and taking third place at the Spring Invitational, March 13.