Mallard's Team of the Week — NYS U13 Selects
The Nelson Selects U13 Girls Soccer made it look easy en route to the gold medal at the Terry Walgren Tournament held recently in the Heritage City. The Selects outscored the opposition by a 19-3 margin, registering three shutouts in the tournament. Mallard’s Source for sports would like to add to the celebrations with Team...
UPDATED: Bombers drop heartbreaker to DW Poppey at Rugby Championships
The L.V. Rogers Bombers dropped a heartbreaker at the BC High School AA Boy's Rugby Championships Thursday in Abbotsford. D.W. Poppey of Langley scored the winning points in the final minutes of he game to edge the Bombers 13-7 in consolation round action. The loss drops LVR into bottom half of the 16-team draw. "We played ...
Selkirk College Saints Excited to See Alex Evin Move Onto Next Opportunity
It didn't take long for Selkirk Saints head coach Alex Evin to get headhunted by another hockey team. After guiding the Saints to the 2015 British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) championship, Evin has accepted a position as assistant coach and goaltending coach with the British Columbia Hockey League's (BCHL)...
Golden weekend for Nelson Selects at Terry Walgren Tournament
If the Terry Walgren Tournament was an investment fund, Nelson Youth Soccer Rep Teams would join Warren Buffet as one of the most successful investors of the 20th century. Nelson teams came up golden in every division, except for one, to sweep most the top prizes at the Youth Soccer Invitational tournament Sunday afternoon ...
Nelson Selects U15 Girls Claim U16 Gold
Playing against older and bigger competition, the Nelson Selects U15 Girls used speed, determination and stingy defense to fuel them to the U16 Division gold medal in the annual Terry Walgren Memorial Tournament in Nelson past weekend. The U15s came into the tournament hungry for their first wins of the season and didn’t...
Nelson Leafs new executive loaded with experience
The Nelson Leafs hockey club dug into the “experience vault” to select its new executive that will guide the franchise into the 2015-16 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League season. The new executive, that includes former Nelson Mayor John Dooley and ex-Nelson Minor Hockey president Tony Maida, was selected during the...
Kootenay swimmers burning up pool; Kelsey Andrusak earns national qualification
There’s something fantastic happening in the Kootenay Swim Club. Kootenay Swim Club swimmers are returning with some amazing results at recent competitions in Fernie, Victoria and Kelowna. “It has been a terrific season thus far,” said coach Chris Wright. Last week in Kelowna, at the Kelowna Long Course Invitational, Nelson’s...
NYS hosts Terry Walgren Rep Soccer Tournament
The Lakeside Pitches will be filled with excitement as the Nelson Youth Soccer hosts the annual Terry Walgren Tournament beginning Friday. Teams from Creston, Fernie, Invermere, Cranbrook and Camore join the host Nelson Selects for three days of action. The tournament kicks off Friday with a few games. Saturday is a full slate...
Mallard's Team of the Week — LVR Bombers Girls Soccer Team
The L.V. Rogers Bombers rode a stellar defence and timely scoring to another Kootenay High School AA Girl’s Soccer Zone Title. The Bombers disposed of local rival J. Lloyd Crowe Hawks of Trail (2-0) before dumping David Thompson Lakers of Invermere in the final (3-0). LVR now advances to the BC High School AA Girl’s Soccer ...
Kootenay Academy players get royal treatment in Vancouver
A group of Kootenay Whitecaps Academy players had an opportunity to test their skills in front of the Head of the Academy Centers during a road trip to Vancouver last weekend. “The feedback that we received from Head Coach Bart Choufour is that the Kootenays is growing and with its ability,” said Brett Adams Kootenay Regional...
