Sports

Nanaimo Curling Centre skip Kesa Van Osch and her teammates made it to semifinals at junior nationals last week.

One hundred and twenty-two head coaches and 110 assistant coaches will lead 1,148 athletes at the BC Winter Games Feb. 23-26 in Vernon.

The Mid-Island Soccer Club will host the Mini World Cup in Ladysmith this May, and many volunteers will be needed.

The Fuller Lake Skaters represented the club very well at the Lynn Hetherington Competition in Nanaimo Jan. 27-29.

The Spartans rank fifth in the standings as they gear up for the league championship tournament March 9-11 in Nanaimo.

The Ladysmith 49ers senior boys AA basketball team in action against Princess Margaret.

Hughes brothers Tyler and Jordie were in the spotlight when their two teams squared off at the Ladysmith turf field.

The North Oyster school girls volleyball team went undefeated and won the bantam girls small school championship.

Faith Knelson won eight gold medals, as she led the Ladysmith-Chemainus Orcas Swim Club at the Vancouver Island Regional Championship meet.

Chemainus Secondary School student Emily Adams is the Chronicle's Athlete of the Month for January.