Sports

The 2011 Barsby Bulldogs have a lot to live up to. The ’Dawgs aren’t afraid to look back at last year's championship team and make comparisons, but their focus is on the present.

The Nanaimo Clippers will try to answer a lot of the coach’s questions when they step on the ice at training camp next week. One of those questions will be blueline scoring.

The Nanaimo Redmen think they can play smashmouth football and they think they have some razzle-dazzle, too. And they think they can win. The city’s Vancouver Mainland Football League midget team kicks off the regular season on Monday (Sept. 5) in Langley.

One of the Nanaimo White Rapids’ star swimmers was the most rapid, ever. Stephanie Taekema set a new B.C. Summer Swimming Association record earlier this month at provincial championships in Richmond en route to a gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke.

Nanaimo United will see how this year’s team is shaping up. The Div. 1 men’s Vancouver Island Soccer League club plays a friendly tonight (Sept. 1) against Cowichan at 8:30 p.m. at Merle Logan Field.

The VIU Mariners are making sure the basketball never stops bouncing. Vancouver Island University’s men’s basketball team got in another tough game this past weekend as part of an extremely long and challenging pre-season schedule.

Eleven of Nanaimo's fittest athletes completed one of sport's toughest tests on the weekend, the Subaru Ironman Canada triathlon.

On Saturday at Caledonia Park, the V.I. Raiders made the plays they needed to make in a 33-20 win over the Okanagan Sun. Maybe the biggest play of all came with just seconds left on the clock.

The Nanaimo Clippers are nearly ready to skate onto the ice for training camp, but there are still a few off-ice matters to attend to. The team is looking to fill its last few volunteer positions and seeks game-night help.

The Nanaimo Clippers needed to make some decisions surrounding their goaltending picture, and they made one last week. The team traded Charles-Alexy Premont to the Drayton Valley Thunder of the Alberta Junior Hockey League for future considerations.