By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily SportsJust think what might happen if the Nelson Leafs played all of their Kootenay International Junior Hockey League games at home?Can you say victory party down Baker Street?I knew you could.The Leafs continue to take care of business at the NDCC Arena, using two-goal performances by Nik Newman...

Nelson Minor Hockey product Dallon Stoddart scored twice as the Nelson Leafs extended its win streak to four games with a 6-5 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League victory over the visiting Creston Thunder Cats Saturday at the NDCC Arena.The win maintains a slip one-point lead for the Leafs in Murdoch Division standings...

In the end it was experience prevailing over youth.The Nelson, formerly Heritage, Innkeepers scored twice in the second half to successfully defend its 2010 title over the L.V. Rogers Bombers 2-0 in the final of the Leo’s Men’s Open Soccer League Saturday afternoon at the Lakeside Pitch.The win completed a double for the...

The Nelson Leafs had better get used to some Heritage City home cooking.Because the Green and White play the next three Kootenay International Junior Hockey League games, and four of the team’s upcoming five, at home in the friendly confines of the Nelson and District Community Complex Arena.Three of the those games are...

It’s playoff time, for some teams, in Nelson Youth Soccer as the local roundball association gets ready to drop the curtain on another successful season on the pitch this weekend at the Lakeside Fields. In the U10 Girl’s Division Kootenay Lake Dental will attempt to complete the season undefeated as the squad takes to the...

Time is running out on adult players interested in taking their soccer skills indoors.Friday, September 30 is the final day for registration for the upcoming Soccer Quest Indoor season.Soccer Quest boasts four leagues for players — Men’s Open League (Tuesday), Ladies Rec League (Wednesday), Men’s Masters League (Thursday) and...

There are a few new faces on top of the leader board following the first stop on the West Kootenay High School Cross Country Running circuit.J.V. Humphries Eagles Joe Cox and Taylor Wilson took advantage of some home course secrets to capture the Senior Boy’s and Girl’s titles at last week’s Kaslo River Run.Cox nipped defending...

Chase Lang, Hobin Zinck and Garrett Dunlop each scored twice as the North Island Silvertips rocked the Kootenay Ice 10-3 Sunday in B.C. Major Midget Hockey League action in Nanaimo.The win, coming on the heels of a 3-1 decision by North Island over Kootenay Saturday, gave the Silvertips a sweep of the BCMMHL series.“We played...

Lewis Loeschnik’s header in the final minutes of the game was enough to push the L.V. Rogers Bombers into the final of the Leo’s Men’s Open Soccer League.Loeschnik headed the ball over the outstretched hands of Kootenay Co-op goalkeeper Tad Lake to spark the Bombers to a 4-3 victory in semi final action Saturday at the Lakeside...

By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily SportsMan, was that ever ugly.But to Colton Schell, come January, when the season is winding down, no one will care about how the Leafs outlasted the Spokane Braves 7-5 in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action one a cloudy, windy September day.No one will worry about how the Green ...