Jackson Hare doubled in two early runs sparking Nelson’s Priority Concrete Cardinals to an 8-4 victory over crosstown rival Overland West Tigers in the final of the West Kootenay Little League Minor Division championship Wednesday evening at Queen Elizabeth Park. Hare's double came off Tigers starter Kyein Evans, sparking the...

A month into the Kootenay Summer Swim Association season and the Nelson Neptunes continue to get better with more time in the pool. Sage Cowan and Samuel Matthew each won gold to pace the Neptunes to a fifth-place finish at the latest stop on the Kootenay tour Sunday in Creston. Trail Stingrays continue to dominate the Kootenay...

The staff at Mallard’s Source for Sports generally doesn’t stray too far from the sidelines when it comes to selecting the Team of the Week winners. However, every once in the while a worthy candidate from outside the sporting world comes along to shake up the selection process. Which is why the selecting committee had no...

Brittany Wheeler and John Zak came away as the top all-round athletes at the L.V. Rogers Bombers Athletic Award Ceremonies last week at the Fairview-based school. Wheeler, winner of the Commissioner’s Award for LVR at the B.C. High School AA Girl’s Soccer Championships in Kamloops, was named Outstanding Female Athlete of the...

The minor baseball season is winding down and in the hunt for the championships in the Cal Ripken Division are two Nelson and District Baseball Association teams. Wednesday, at Queen Elizabeth Park the two combatants — Nelson Overland West Freightlines Tigers and Nelson Priority Concrete Cardinals — take to the diamond to...

Think about it — writing onto the scorecard 52 birdies and two eagles during one round of golf. Oh, did we say the round featured 180 holes and raised more than $1,167 for ALS research. That's just what happened last week (Monday, June 18) during the PGA of BC ALS Golf-A-Thon at the Balfour Golf Course. Local players Braden...

The hottest team in Nelson Youth Rep Soccer continues to roll over Kootenay opposition. The Nelson Selects rolled to the gold medal at the U14 Girl’s 2012 Sam Steele tournament Sunday in Cranbrook. Nelson won the gold medal by stopping West Kootenay rival Kootenay South 4-0 in the tourney final. “Again (Pat and I) were impressed...

Former Nelson Leafs star Brad Larsen was recently named head coach of the Springfield Falcons, Columbus’s American Hockey League affiliate. “We are very pleased to announce Brad Larsen as the head coach of the Springfield Falcons and are excited to have him working with our prospects in the American Hockey League,” said Blue...

The Terminal City Roller Girls scored early and often en route to a convincing 159-75 victory over the Kootenay Kannibelles in the final of the Klash In The Kootenays Western Canadian Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby Championships Sunday at the NDCC Arena in Nelson. But it was the Kannibelles who captured the hearts of everyone...

The dynamic duo of Sherry McIvor and Bev Poole edged out the Dorothy Garland/Sue Moisey tandem to capture the top prize at the Tournament of Roses Ladies Golf event Saturday at the Granite Pointe at Nelson course. Tournament organizers had a difficult time determining the winner as three teams finished in a tie with scores ...