Local Sports

Duncan Christian School’s senior boys basketball team was among the contenders at most tournaments this year, but the Chargers fell a little short at the Island tournament in Ucluelet last weekend, finishing tied for fifth while the top three teams moved on to provincials.

Peyton Kong had the best skate of her career to place second overall in Star 5 Girls 13 &Over Group 2 at the Vancouver Island Regional Figure Skating Championships early last month.

Mid Island Lightning field lacrosse teams were shut out of the medals at the provincial championships last month, but still came home some hardware.

The Duncan Christian School Chargers made it within a game of representing Vancouver Island at the 2018 B.C. senior girls single-A basketball championships.

Adam Bighill may now be playing on football’s biggest stage, but he hasn’t forgotten the Cowichan Bulldogs.

Isles eliminated from the playoffs

As Cowichan United head coach Tyler Hughes sus pected might happen , his U21 soccer team’s first-round George Smith Cup game against Lakehill needed overtime before a winner could be declared.

The peewee Tier 2 Cowichan Valley Capitals will have a chance to claim the Island banner and clinch a berth in the provincial championships when they host Victoria Racquet Club at Fuller Lake Arena this Saturday at 3 p.m.

For the first time since 2012, the midget Tier 2 Cowichan Valley Capitals are headed to the provincial championships.

Brentwood College School and Shawnigan Lake School squared off once again in the final of the Island AA boys basketball championships last weekend.