The last time Nelson won the Cyclone Taylor Cup, Kootenay Forest Products and CP Rail were major employers and the Dog 'N Suds (current site of Bogustown Beer & Wine Store on Nelson Avenue) was the teen hangout. The year was 1968 when hockey legend Fritz Koehle coached this group of locals to the Cyclone Taylor Cup. The...

Nelson Minor Hockey product Dryden Hunt has gotten better with age since joining the Western Hockey League's Regina Pats in 2011. This past campaign the son of Carla DeBiasio and Jeff Hunt of Nelson really began to blossom against the Tier I Junior A competition. Hunt,18, finished tied for seventh in team scoring as the Pats...

The L.V. Rogers Bombers scored a sixth-place finish at the Kelowna Secondary Owls High School Girl's Soccer Tournament Saturday in the Central Okanagan City. The Bombers lost 3-2 in consolation play to Okanagan Mission of Kelowna. "(Coaches) were very pleased with the way that the girls played," said Jamie Spendlove. "Being...

Nelson Leafs tuned up for the Cyclone Taylor Cup by handing out its annual team awards Sunday evening. The big winner on the night was Jamie Vlanich, who grabbed the team MVP and leading scorer awards during the ceremony. Vlanich not only led by example all season, but topped the KIJHL in scoring before getting hurt near the...

Golfers in Nelson got a chance to test out the new driver found under the Christmas tree as Granite Pointe opened the driving range Saturday. The warmer weather is quickly removing the mountains of snow the Rosemont course receives during the winter allowing staff to consider moderate opening this coming week. Check out the...

The Fraser Valley Phantom made it a Female Midget AAA Champion Three-peat by sweeping the Thompson/Okanagan Rockets in the best-of-three league final Saturday in Langley.  The Phantom will now advance to the 2014 Esso Cup, April 20 - 23 in Stoney Creek, Ontario. Chelsea Wilson and Kaely McMurty scored singles in Fraser Valley's...

Nelson Minor Hockey culminated another great season on the ice with its annual award's banquet this week at the Tenth Street Campus. Highlighting the night was the presentation of the major award winners. Staff at Mallard's Source for sports would like to salute the winners with Team of the Week. The winners, pictured in no...

Soon sounds of baseball cracking off bats will be flowing through Fairview and Uphill districts of the Heritage City as Nelson Baseball Association begins another season of diamond play. Registration, which has climbed again for the fourth consecutive season, for the 2014 season closed Tuesday. Now it's up to the NBA board ...

Nelson Minor Hockey wrapped up another successful campaign on the ice with the annual awards banquet Wednesday at the Selkirk College Tenth Street Campus. The evening was led by former NHLer Mike Laughton. The Nelson product saluted the award winners along with giving the banquet goers a history lesson on the greats from...

The Nelson Leafs have some added pressure on the host squad at the upcoming Cyclone Taylor Cup after Nelson/Creston MLA Michelle Mungall accepted a friendly bet in the Legislature. Esquimalt-Royal Roads MLA Maurine Karagianis has challenged  Mungall to a friendly wager on the outcome as the Victoria Cougars travel to Nelson...