Nakusp Falcons dumped Westside Warriors 8-3 to capture the top prize at the Nelson Minor Hockey Peewee House Tournament Sunday at the NDCC Arena.Jacob LaPlante scored four times and Hailey Herridge added a pair to lead the Falcons.The tournament featured two Nelson teams — Stingrays and Leafs.The host clubs finished the tourney...

Remember when the weather was warm and sunny? For those readers Mallard’s Source for Sports would like to take a trip down memory lane to the green grass fields to spotlight the Trafalgar Totems Fieldhockey squad as Team of the Week. The Totems, coached by none other than Jesse Anast, finished the junior season with great...

A scoring explosion went a long way in powering the Nelson Leafs to a 4-1 decision over the Penticton Lakers in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action Saturday at the NDCC Arena.The win allowed the Leafs to sweep the season series against the Lakers — Nelson defeated Penticton 4-0 earlier this season in the South...

Throughout the KIJHL season The Nelson Daily Sports Editor Bruce Fuhr will take a capsule look at the players on the Nelson Leafs hockey club. Today the focus in on Nelson native Linden Horswill. The Nelson Minor Hockey grad had to leave town before getting a chance to once again play before the home crowd at the NDCC...

Tri-City exploded for four second period goals to rout Kaslo/Nelson 7-2 in the final of the Westbank Midget Rep Minor Hockey Tournament Sunday in the Central Okanagan City.Kaslo/Nelson was right in the mix, trailing 3-2 after 20 minutes. But a second-period meltdown cost the Reps as Tri-City jumped all over the Kootenay...

Twenty-six consecutive years, that more than two decades, the Mount Sentinel Wildcats have qualified for the B.C. High School AA Boy’s Volleyball Championships. Not bad for the rural high school.The Cats defeated J. Lloyd Crowe Hawks of Trail and Castlegar’s Stanley Humphries Rockers Wednesday at Mount Sentinel in the West ...

The road to the B.C. High School A Girl’s Volleyball Championships just got a little easier for the Mount Sentinel Wildcats — or did it.Thanks to strength of the Kootenay zone, the provincial body has granted more berths, up from the traditional one, to three-and-one-half.However, the Cats still need to get past tournament ...

Come one, come all to the Nelson Curling Club’s free day of curling.Doors open on the family-fun day at 11 a.m. for four hours of curling.Instructors will be on-hand to assist with learning how to deliver a rock, sweep, or just to provide fun activities for making it fun for everyone from ages two to 82.Equipment is provided...

The Kootenay Wildcats slipped a little in the B.C. Female Midget Hockey League after dropping a pair of games to league leading Fraser Valley Phantom during the weekend at the Pitt Meadows Arena.The Cats lost 2-0 Saturday before falling 5-1 Sunday in the Fraser Valley.Madison Sands and Brianna Keats scored all the goals...

Figure skaters from throughout the zone got a head start on the season after attending the West Kootenay Development camp held recently in Nelson.More than 50 young skaters descended on the NDCC Arena for “boot camp” on ice — designed to enhance and develop the abilities of young figure skaters in the West Kootenays.“The camp...