Local Sports

Members of the Steveston Kendo Club participated in the B.C. Kendo Federation Non-Degree/1st Degree Black Belt Tournament last weekend.

Ryan Weber is more like a teacher than a hockey coach this week, providing a crash course to his students for an upcoming big exam.

Troy Stecher's impressive hockey resumé just keeps on growing. For the second straight year, the standout 18-year-old defenceman from Richmond is a good bet to be playing for Team Canada West at the 2012 World Junior "A" World Challenge.

Former Seafair Minor standout has one year of seasoning in Major Midget before launching his WHL career

The Hugh Boyd Trojans will be fighting for their playoff lives on home turf this afternoon. The Trojans are in a must win situation to qualify for the B.C. high school "AA" postseason when they host Victoria's Belmont Braves at 4: 30 p.m.

After realizing there was a police guard outside their hotel, the Sockeyes began to understand the threat they posed. Deep in the beating heart of hockey country, the Sockeyes were public enemy number one in Red Deer, Alb.

By the early 2000s, the Richmond Sockeyes had long since become a household name. Thirty years since the franchise began, the Sockeyes had won several important championships. In 2002, ownership once again switched hands from Romeo Bon to Ken Kirby.

The uniforms might have changed a little over the past four decades, but the passion that the Sockeyes hockey players display during each game hasnt.

It was the league championship game and the Abbotsford Pilots had just scored a goal, giving them a lead over the Richmond Sockeyes, and thereby plunging owner Romeo Bon into brief depression. The year was 1992 and Bon couldnt relax.