Sports

Nanaimo's floor hockey team won gold at the Special Olympics Canada Winter Games last week in St. Albert, Alta.

The Nanaimo Diamonds synchronized swim team placed well at the Synchro B.C. national stream provincial meet in Coquitlam Feb. 25-26.

Vancouver Island University’s women’s volleyball team overpowered the Mount St. Vincent Mystics 25-8, 25-13, 25-12 Thursday at nationals.

Nanaimo’s B.C. Major Midget League hockey team (18-18-4) closed out 2011-12 with a win and a loss against the Okanagan Rockets.

Nanaimo’s B.C. Hockey League team was shut out 4-0 by the Alberni Valley Bulldogs on Tuesday at Port Alberni.

NANAIMO – VIU Mariners host CCAA women's college volleyball championships at the Vancouver Island University gym.

Nanaimo's college baseball team lost 5-1 Sunday to Everett College before defeating Shoreline College 4-2.

Two Nanaimo high school basketball senior teams are off to provincial championships in the Interior this week.

Nanaimo's VIU Mariners men’s and women’s hoops teams both lost to the UNBC Timberwolves teams in the PacWest gold-medal games Saturday.

The Nanaimo Clippers won and lost on the weekend and will finish 2011-12 fifth in the BCHL's Coastal Conference.