Six Questions with Leaf head coach and GM, Frank Maida
Frank Maida spent five seasons along side of Simon Wheeldon as the dynamic coaching duo of the Nelson Leafs.As coach of the defence, Maida and Wheeldon were part of a KIJHL pennant winner in 2009 as well as helping the Leafs to the league finals in 2010. During the magical 2009 run the Leafs came within a game of winning the...
High School field hockey season starts with playday Saturday in Castlegar
While the volleyball players are bump and spike in Trail and Creston, respectively, the field hockey stars of the pitch begin the 2011 B.C. High School season with a playday at Pass Creek Park in Castlegar.The exhibition games are the first of the season for the field hockey stars.The L.V. Rogers Bombers play a trio of games...
Mallard's Team of the Week — Louie's Slopitch Team
The summer may be getting ready to go into its annual hiatus, but with winter still a few months away staff and management at Mallard’s Source for Sports decided to take a look back into the warmer, outside sports for the latest edition of Team of the Week, Louie’s Slopitch Team. The squad overcame and earlier loss to make ...
Mount Sentinel varsity volleyball squads in Trail, at the Crowe, and Creston, at Prince Charles
Let the volleyball season begin!Two weeks into the 2011-12 school term and both varsity teams from Mount Sentinel are taking to the courts to begin the B.C. High School Volleyball season.The female Cats travel to the Silver City to compete in the annual Hawks Girl's Tournament at the J. Lloyd Crowe gymnasium.For the first...
Cranbrook's Oddy, Nelson's DiBella score big at Team B.C. camp in Kamloops
Kootenay Wildcats sniper Daley Oddy of Cranbrook scored twice to lead Team B.C. to a 2-1 win over UBC Women’s Hockey Team 1 during a mini-tournament Sunday at McArthur Arena in Kamloops.The scoring explosion helped Team B.C. finish the tourney with a 2-2 record and confidence heading into the 2011 Women’s National Under-18 ...
Capital One Rocks and Rings ready to take flight in Nelson schools
Anyone that take to the ice at the Nelson Curling Club realizes first hand there’s a lot more to the sport than tossing a rock down a sheet of ice.Which is why the Capital One Rocks and Rings program was launched last year. The program, designed for elementary students, gives prospective curling is a fun introduction to the...
KIJHL teams struggle to finalize rosters after BCHL pushes back start of regular season
By Bruce Fuhr, The Nelson Daily SportsA decision by B.C. Hockey League governors to delay the start of the regular season has thrown a serious monkey wrench into the way Kootenay International Junior Hockey League coaches select their teams.In years past BCHL rosters would have been set by the second week of September allowing...
Wheeldon inks deal with Smokies
The Nelson Daily has learned Nelson’s Adam Wheeldon has signed on to play with the Trail Smoke Eaters of the BCHL Saturday.The 17-year-old forward played 44 games with Nelson last season as a 16-year-old, scoring two goals and registering nine assists. Used primarily as a checker, Wheeldon finished the season with 78 penalty...
Baker wins again, this time captures Balfour Ladies Open title
If this keeps up the ladies won’t want to invite Cherie Baker to play in any of their tournaments.The Creston golfer topped the Balfour Ladies Open at the picturesque course on the first of September.It was Baker’s third tournament win of the season, having also won the Tournament of Roses at Granite Pointe in Nelson and the...
Mallard's Team of the Week — Kootenay Volleyball Campers
Some local volleyball keeners got an early start high school season by refining their skills at the Kootenay Volleyball Camp held at Mount Sentinel in the South Slocan. Staff and management at Mallard’s Source for Sports would like to add to the volleyballers head start with Team of the Week accolades. The contingent includes,...
