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by Nelson Daily Sports on Wednesday Jul 19 2017
The future looks bright for minor baseball in Nelson after the West Kootenay Tigers, consisting of a large contingent of Heritage City players, captured the title at the Cranbrook Slug Fest Sunday in the Key City.
The Tigers outlasted the Lethbridge SWLL AAA squad 11-8 to claim the overall title.
West Kootenay opened the tournament with a 19-2 shellacking of the Cranbrook Bandits...
by Nelson Daily Sports on Wednesday Jul 19 2017
The Nelson Neptunes continue to stick to the season plan of using the regular season as a building block for the big prize at the end of the year, the Kootenay Regionals set for August at home in the NDCC Pool.
Nelson finished third to surprising Grand Forks Piranhas during the latest stop on the Kootenay Summer Swim Association season Sunday in Castlegar.
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by Nelson Daily Sports on Monday Jul 17 2017
Jaclyn Dexter (Yanke) of Nelson is no stranger to triathlons having competed at the Nelson Cyswog’n’Fun event for years in the Heritage City.
However, now that the local triathlon event has gone the way of the dinosaur, Dexter is forced to take her skills on the road.
Sunday in Penticton — the day after Dexter competed in the Kelowna Across the Lake 2.1-kilometer Swim — the...
by Nelson Daily Sports on Sunday Jul 16 2017
Nelson Selects turned up the tempo to score a bronze medal at the Les Sinnott Memorial Provincial B Cup Soccer Tournament this past week in Vernon.
Matti Erickson netted a pair of goals to spark the Nelson Selects to a 3-1 victory over South Burnaby United in the medal match.
Mallard...
by Nelson Daily Sports on Sunday Jul 16 2017
Calgary is definitely a long way to travel to win a bronze medal.
However, for members of the West Kootenay Wolfpack Peewee Lacrosse team, while the annual Calgary Canada Day tournament signals the end of the season, there's plenty of optimism of a bright future for the spring time sport.
The bronze medal was the second of the year for the Wolfpack and finished off what was a...
by Nelson Daily Sports on Thursday Jul 13 2017
Matti Erickson netted a pair of goals to spark the Nelson Selects to a 3-1 victory over South Burnaby United in the bronze medal match at the Les Sinnott Memorial Provincial B Cup Soccer Tournament Sunday in Vernon.
The medal was the third of the BC Soccer Provincial B Cup season for the Heritage City association.
The Nelson Selects captured the bronze medal in the U16 Boy’...
by Nelson Daily Sports on Tuesday Jul 11 2017
Nelson Youth Soccer claimed more hardware at the BC Soccer Les Sinnott Provincial B Cup tournament when the U16 Boy’s captured the bronze medal with a thrilling 3-2 extra-time victory over Prince George Sunday in Vernon.
The U18 Selects won the silver medal at the BC Soccer Provincial B Girl's Cup Sunday in Surrey while the U14 Boys took bronze, also in Vernon.
Keegan Carmichael...
by Nelson Daily Sports on Sunday Jul 09 2017
For the third consecutive year, the Nelson U18 Selects take home the silver medal at the BC Soccer Provincial B Cup.
Prince George Timberwolves scored the game-winnng goal 15 minutes into the second half en route to a 2-0 victory over Nelson in the final of the U18 Girl’s Provincial B Soccer Championships Sunday in Surrey.
The loss marks the third straight season Nelson...
