Sports

Athletes with disabilities face obvious challenges in competitive sports. What is less intuitive is the edge their disability sometimes provides them. 

Former Falcons assistant coach Virginia Watson is hoping to turn the women’s basketball teams’ season around after it was left in the lurch by former head coach Curtis Nelson. 

The inter-semester break is fast approaching, and that means the men’s and women’s basketball teams are about to have their most prolonged stretch of non-competitive action.

Despite the harsh weather during the fall and winter months, players can capitalize on low demand to spend more time on the green to improve their golf game, according to a South Vancouver coach.

Langara’s basketball teams had a tumultuous week, with the women’s team losing two consecutive games — as well as their coach. Meanwhile, the men fared slightly better, defeating one of their top rivals and losing to another.

Reported by Steven Chang. While the game of basketball serves as a universal language among hoopers, there are differences in the sport between Canada and the United States. Something that the Falcons have learned over the past three…

By Lina Chung With the interest in the sport increasing each year, the Langara ping pong club has been struggling to keep up with the demand — and hopes either the student union buys a second table or the college will add some on campus.…

By Lauren Gargiulo Experienced runners sweated it out last week, setting the pace instead of competing in an effort to give back to their running community by helping their fellow athletes pump up their race times. Pacers,…

By Anita Zhu While Power Soccer has been turned down for inclusion multiple times, the team manager of a Vancouver league says the sport provides great benefits and should be included in the Paralympic Games. Power Soccer is a game…

Reported by Lauren Gargiulo The lack of an easily accessible playing field for the Langara men’s soccer team is one of the reasons the team didn’t qualify for the Pacific Western Athletic Association Championship this season according to…