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...

By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily SportsThe L.V. Rogers Bombers had dreams of returning to the B.C. High School AAA Boy’s Soccer Championships.The squad had been on a roll of late. The Bombers were playing the Kootenay High School AAA Boy’s Final at home at the friendly Lakeside Pitch.And LVR had the luxury of a raft of student...

The Nelson Leafs looked unstoppable during a recent Bantam Rep Tournament in Osoyoos. The Reps ran the table to capture the tournament title Sunday in the South Okanagan City. Staff and management at Mallard’s Source for Sports would like to congratulate the Bantams with Team of the Week honours. The team includes, back row,...

In September of 1993, the eighth to be exact, Steve Archdekin came down with what he thought was a case of the common cold.Little did the Brampton, Ont., native know was this common cold turned into a full blown case of rare form of arthritis called, Reiter's Syndrome.However, instead of letting the disease get the better of...

by Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily SportsDespite not playing the final weekend of the season, L.V. Rogers grad Luke Mori has “ no regrets” about his rookie season with the University of Calgary Dinos.The Nelson Youth Soccer grad logged more minutes than past rookies and did not look out of place after making the jump from high...

It’s one game for all the marbles. And it’s on the home field of the L.V. Rogers Bombers.LVR takes to the Lakeside pitch Thursday at 2 p.m. against roundball rival Mount Baker Wild in the Kootenay High School AAA Boy’s Soccer Championship.At stake is a berth in the B.C. High School AAA Boy’s Soccer Championship in Burnaby.“The...

Healthy defencemen on the Nelson Leafs are getting to be as extinct as honest politicians in Ottawa.The Leafs lost two more rearguards during the weekend, increasing the number of injured defencemen to four — and five if you include Walker Sidoni resting comfortably in sickbay earlier this season.Team captain Tyler Parfeniuk...