BCTF job action will not affect provincial hoop tournaments, Bombers open AA Championships Wednesday against Mission
The show must go on. The recent three-day walkout by the B.C. Teachers Federation will not impact any of the upcoming B.C. High School Basketball Championship tournaments set to begin this week in various cities across the province. Included in the tournament is the L.V. Rogers Bombers, which won the Kootenay zone crown and...
Hawks hold off late Bomber charge to capture West Kootenay Junior Boy's Hoop title Saturday at the Hangar
The last time the two teams met, J. Lloyd Crowe escaped with a narrow win over the Bombers. The game before, LVR edged Crowe by a few points. However, Saturday at the Hangar in Nelson it was the J. Lloyd Crowe Hawks with the last laugh. The Hawks jumped to a 16-4 first quarter lead and never looked back, dumping the Bombers...
Mallard's Team of the Week — Kootenay Speed Skaters
A quartet of local speed skaters received a great eye opener to what the best in the province has to offer at the 2012 B.C. Winter Games this past weekend in Vernon. They all did very well," said coach Jason Hartleb. "The most important measure of performance to me is the "personal best". "All of our athletes recieved personal...
Wonderful World of Disney takes over NDCC Arena
The Nelson Figure Skating Club is busy working out the final quirks for the Wish Upon A Star, a Disney themed ice show. The annual ice show is set for Saturday from 2-3 p.m. Some of the skaters include Courtney Shrieves in the Pirates of the Carribean skit, Christina Champlin as Jasmine, Charly DeFouw skating as the Little...
Team Kootenay fifth in curling; cross country skiers finish in middle of the pack
A young Team Kootenay cooked with the big dogs and finished in fifth-place in girl's curling at the B.C. Winter Games Sunday in Vernon. The team of skip Lauren Walgren, third Jade May, fifth Taylor Jameson, lead Noelle Wang and second Leslie George placed third in pool play with a 1-2 record. Team Kootenay lost to Team Hanni...
Rough third quarter comes back to haunt Bombers as David Thompson wins Kootenay hoop crown 41-37
A third-quarter lapse cost the L.V. Rogers Bombers a shot at a provincial berth. David Thompson Lakers out scored the Bombers 15-1 in the third quarter en route to a 41-37 victory in the final of the Kootenay High School AA Girl’s Basketball Championships Saturday in Creston. The Third quarter was dominated by David Thompson,”...
Mallard's Team of the Week — LVR/Kootenay Curling Squad
Sometimes finishing second is better than first. This is exactly what happened to the L.V. Rogers Bombers girl's curling team. The squad lost in the final of the Kootenay High School Championships to the Prince Charles Comets of Creston. But second place got the team a spot in the 2012 B.C. Winter Games beginning Thursday in...
Veteran official Don Dozzi wins provincial honour for countless of whistle blowing on hardwood
By Bruce Fuhr, The Nelson Daily Don Dozzi can thank former School District No. 8 administrator Tomo Naka for getting him involved in basketball officiating back in the mid-60s. Forty-six years later the retired Employment Canada worker was honoured as one of three winners of the Bob Hall Award of Merit as awarded by the B.C....
Nelson Nordic Ski clubs qualifies a trio of skiers for 2012 B.C. Winter Games in Vernon
A trio of cross country skiers from Nelson will be in the Central Okanagan this weekend competing in the 2012 B.C. Winter Games. The three Nelson Nordic Ski Club athletes are Stuart Milde, Galen Boulanger and Arianna Murphy-Steed. The skiers qualified during trial races held in the middle of January in Kimberley. However,...
Wish Upon a Star- A Disney Themed Ice Show set for March 3 at NDCC Arena
The Capitol Theatre's Neil Harrower and musician and vocalist Allison Girvan are surrounded by entries for the Nelson Figure Skating Club's Wish Upon A Star Poster Contest. Harrower and Girvan served as judges to determine winners from three age categories plus an overall winner whose work will become the official poster for...
