Baseball been very, very good to ex-Nelson Leaf
A former Nelson Leaf hockey player has been signed by a Japanese baseball team. Nyjer Morgan, who toiled in Nelson when the hockey franchise played in the Rocky Mountain Junior A Hockey League in the late 90s, has signed with apan's Central League's Yokohama BayStars for the 2013-14 season. Morgan who played the last two...
Saints clinch BCIHL title go from cellar to penthouse in one season
The Selkirk College Saints clinched its first B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League regular season title by splitting a pair of weekend games with Eastern Washington University. The title completes a worst-to-first season for the Saints, who finished dead last in 2012. The Saints opened the weekend by edging out the Eagles 3-2...
Gigi Rüf takes home winner's title at 2013 Red Bull Ultra Natural
A little luck, combined with some great rides, powered Austria’s Gigi Rüf to the top of the podium at the Red Bull Ultra Natural held Sunday at Balface Lodge in the mountains near Nelson. The Austrian rider outdueled 15 of the world’s best snowboarders and deteriorating weather to capture the second annual event staged on the...
Waiting for the window of opportunity at Red Bull Ultra Natural
The field is on the hill and ready for the perfect window of opportunity. Sixteen of the world’s best snowboarders are fine-tuning the equipment at Baldface Lodge outside of Nelson in preparation for the second Red Bull Ultra Natural. The competitors arrived Thursday as helicopter after helicopter trekked boarders up to the...
Leafs ride out regular season with weekend series against Rebels
So will the real Nelson Leafs please stand up. Ya the Leafs that reeled off a 10-1 November and not the squad that's winless in February. The Nelson Leafs conclude the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League regular season this weekend with a home-and-home series against the Murdoch Division Champion Castlegar Rebels...
Bombers drop 111 on Wildcats in High School Hoop action
Bomber coach Ross Naka let the boys out of the barn in the last tune-up game before playoffs. Matt Zukowski dropped in a game-high 30 points and Jesse Zak added 20 to lead the L.V. Rogers Bombers to a 111-46 West Kootenay High School Boy's Basketball victory over the Mount Sentinel Wildcats Thursday in South Slocan. The Bombers...
Shypitka tied for first, Nichol even at Seniors Championships in Trail
There's a three-way tie for top spot after four draws at the Tim Horton's BC Senior Men's Curling Championships Wednesday in Trail. Garry Gelowitz of Kelowna, Craig Lepine of Langley and Cranbrook's Tom Shypitka all sit at 3-1 midway through the provincial tournament. Shypitka, third Fred Thomson of Nelson, second Don Freschi...
Cats Jessie Rehwald buzzer beater sinks Bombers at Kootenay Klassic
Senior Jessie Rehwald sank a 16-footer with no time left on the clock to spark the Mount Sentinel Wildcats to a thrilling 37-36 victory over the L.V. Rogers Bombers in the consolation final of the Kootenay Klassic High School Girl's Basketball Tournament Saturday at the Hangar. Rehwald's bucket came after the Bombers had...
Nelson Bantams host Castlegar in game one of WK playoffs
The Nelson Bantam Reps open the West Kootenay Minor Hockey League playoffs Saturday against Castlegar at the NDCC Arena. The game is the first in the first-team-to-four-point series. Game time is 5:45 p.m. The Reps earned the home-ice advantage in the three-game set after edging out the Sunflower City gang by two points in ...
Bombers walk all over Wildcats in Thursday night hoop action at the Hangar
Erich Schepkowski scored a game-high 17 points sparking the Bombers to a 88-37 victory over the Mount Sentinel Wildcats in West Kootenay High School Boy's Basketball action Thursday at the L.V. Rogers Hangar. The game was over early as LVR out scored the visitors 34-3 in the first quarter. Adam Berg led the charge with eight...
