Team make push for bragging rights as Nelson City Soccer season winds down with playoff action
Time is running out on Nelson City Soccer League teams.The local adult roundball association is fully engulfed in post-season play.The first league out of the playoff gates in Nelson City Soccer is the Jackson’s Hole Men’s Masters League.
Two teams advanced down the playoff trail as Real Nelson got past Red Dog 4-3 and Ted ...
Youthful Bombers finish third at high school field hockey playday at Pass Creek Park
The L.V. Rogers Bombers finished in the middle of the pack during an opening-weekend High School Field Hockey playday Saturday at Pass Creek Park in Castlegar.The Bombers concluded the five-team event in third spot behind Rossland and South Okanagan Hornet A team from Oliver.The Bombers defeated South Okanagan B twice by...
From Youth Soccer and LVR to University of Calgary, Nelson's Luke Mori makes the most of his university opportunity
By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily SportsThroughout his Nelson Youth Soccer career Luke Mori was always one of those players a little ahead of the pack.So it really should be a surprise to no one that the talented midfielder earned a spot on the roster of the University of Calgary Dinos.And not just one of those red shirt positions...
Leafs, Nitehawks post shutouts in Murdoch Division action on opening night of KIJHL
Wow! What a difference a week makes.Andrew Walton turned away 27 shots to power the Nelson Leafs to a 3-0 victory over the defending Kootenay Conference Champion, Castlegar Rebels, in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action Friday night at the Community Complex in the Sunflower City.The win gained the Green and...
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...
