Bombers, Knights each finish sixth at Volleyball BC Club championships
The Kootenay Bombers Ladies and Nelson Knights Men’s Volleyball club teams left it all on the runway at last weekend’s Volleyball BC U17/U18 Provincials in Richmond. Seventy two teams and over 1,000 athletes, refs and spectators took in the tourney, which was held at the giant Richmond Olympic Oval, right across the Fraser River from […]
Revelstoke Grizzlies need extra time to capture Mowat Cup
Mikkel Hrechka had a goal and an assist to lead the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Champion Revelstoke Grizzlies to a 3-2 overtime victory over the PJHL champion Ridge Meadows Flames to capture the 2024 Mowat Cup BC Junior A championship Sunday in Kimberley. The Grizzlies won the game on the power-play as Colton McLeod […]
Bombers open season by capturing Osoyoos Rattler Cup
L.V. Rogers Bombers started the season running on all cylinders as the girl’s soccer squad captured the top prize at the recent Osoyoos Rattler Cup Tournament in the South Okanagan. The Bombers scored impressive wins over Similkameen of Keremeos 8-1; Charles Bloom of Lumby 8-0 and a semi final victory over Surrey’s Guildford Park 12-0 […]
Grizzlies sweep past Ghostriders to capture KIJHL Teck Cup
The Revelstoke Grizzlies captured their fifth KIJHL Teck Cup championship with a 7-1 victory over the Fernie Ghostriders Tuesday night in front of 700 spectators at the Memorial Arena in the East Kootenay City. Revelstoke, winning the KIJHL best-of-seven final 4-0, now advances to the Mowat Cup (formerly Cyclone Taylor Cup) beginning Thursday, April 16, […]
Glacier Gymnasts steal spotlight at BC Championships
The Glacier Gymnastics team turned some heads at the 2024 BC Championships in Vancouver this past weekend, taking home the first place level 7 team trophy and two medals in the 1st BC Championships event finals. The seven gymnasts from Nelson’s Glacier Gymnastics Club also brought home 16 medals, including 4 All Around titles and […]
Kaleb Percival recipient of Jaxon Joseph Memorial Scholarship
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League is pleased to announce Beaver Valley Nitehawks defenceman and team captain Kaleb Percival as the third recipient of the Jaxon Joseph Memorial Scholarship. Joseph was one of 16 members of the Humboldt Broncos killed in a tragic bus crash on April 6, 2018. He started his junior hockey career in the […]
Okanagan Knights franchise sold, relocated to Quesnel
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League continues to shuffle the deck chairs on a Junior Hockey League following the announcement that the North Okanagan Knights franchise has been sold and relocated to Quesnel. The Quesnel-based hockey club will now be known as the River Rush. The sale and move was approved unanimously by the KIJHL’s […]
Heritage Roofing Storm capture first Rec Hockey Championship
The Heritage Roofing Storm broke through a long drought to capture the 2024 Kootenay Rec Hockey League Championship recently at the NDCC Arena. The Storm, playing in the Rec Hockey league since 2015, swept the Backroads Bears 3-2 in the best-of-three final series to claim the title. The Storm won the opener 5-1 on goals […]
KIJHL approves BCHL's Merritt Centennials as expansion franchise
After spending more than five decades in the BC Hockey League, the Merritt Centennials announced the team is leaving the league following the completion of this season to play in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. Centennials president Ken Carruthers said in a news release issued Sunday the board decided to conclude playing in the […]
Early opening to the golf season at Granite Pointe, Balfour tees off next week
There are going to be a few changes at Granite Pointe this golfing season — the first coming with an early opening beginning Friday, March 29, 2024 with an 11 a.m. shotgun start at the Rosemont course. The mild winter has allowed the greens crew to prepare the 18-hole course from the off season before […]
