LVR Bombers meet Van College to open BC High School Junior Boys Basketball Championships
The L.V. Rogers Bombers face two seed Vancouver College to open the BC High School Junior Boys Basketball Championships at the Langley Events Centre. The Bombers advanced to the 32-team tournament after the East Kootenay rep from Jaffray forfeited the Kootenay final. The Bombers defeated Salmo Falcons in the West Kootenay...
Leafs down 3-1 to Hawks following Game four OT loss
If the Nelson Leafs want to make a return trip to the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Finals, the Heritage City franchise is going to need a major comeback. Gavin Tritt scored his first goal of the playoffs at 13:10 of the first overtime to give the hometown Beaver Valley Nitehawks a 4-3 victory in Murdoch Division...
Hawks edge Leafs, Bruins dump Cats to even Murdoch Division series
The Beaver Valley Nitehawks and Grand Forks Border Bruins rebounded from opening game losses to even their respective Neil Murdoch Division series at 1-1 following Saturday Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Playoff wins. The Nitehawks scored four unanswered goals in the third period — three markers coming on special...
Mallard's Team of the Week — Trafalgar Thunder Grade 8 Basketball
The Trafalgar Thunder Grade 8 Boys Basketball team continues to roll over West Kootenay competition. The Thunder defeated Grand Forks, Stanley Humphries of Castlegar and host J. Lloyd Crowe of Trail to capture the Hawks Grade 8 Boys Basketball tournament this past weekend in the Silver City. The Thunder jumped out to early ...
Leaf players earn special recognition on eve of start of KIJHL playoffs
On the eve of the Leafs and Nitehawks rekindling their Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoff rivalry, beginning Friday with Game one of the Murdoch Division Semi Final at the NDCC Arena, two Nelson players received special recognition. Leafs rearguard Tyson Lautard was selected the Murdoch Division Top Defenceman...
Kootenay Bombers claim BC Club Volleyball U18 Title
The Kootenay Bombers swept through the competition to claim the division title at a BC Club Volleyball Tournament this past weekend in the Fraser Valley. The Bombers defeated Victoria 2-0 in the best-of-three final in the U18 Girls Division. Kootenay won by scores of 25-15 and 25-22. The Bombers posted wins over Focus Fusion,...
Amazing results for Nelson Nordic skiers at Western Canadians
Five skiers from the Nelson Nordic Ski Club attended the Western Canadian Championships in Kimberley the weekend of February 3rd, 4th and 5th. This race brings several hundred cross country ski racers from more than 15 clubs from BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and parts of the United States. Attending from Nelson were Dawson...
Bombers dump Revelstoke to finish Rutland tourney with win
The L.V. Rogers Bombers completed a three-game swing into the Central Okanagan by posting a win over Revelstoke in consolation round action at the RutlandSecondary Invitational High School Boys Basketball Tournament Saturday in Kelowna. The Bombers defeated Revelstoke 78-69 to snap a recent three-game slide on the High School...
Nelson boxer earns bronze at Nationals
Nelson Boxing Club’s Wamuna Fukada just returned from the Canadian National Boxing Championships in Brampton, Ont., with a bronze medal. Fukada, 18, defeated a boxer from Prince Edward Island in the consolation bout to secure the medal in the 54kg division. The Nelson Boxing Club member lost in the semi-finals to a boxer...
Blackjack skier captures gold at Western Canadian Cross Country Ski Championships
There’s a budding young cross country ski superstar in the making living in the Slocan Valley. Oscar Massé recently won a pair of gold medals at the Western Canadian Cross Country Ski Championships held in Kimberley. Massé, 11, earned the first-place finishes in the U12 Skate and Classic distance events. Massé competed against...
