By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily SportsThe top two teams will duke it out in the championship game of the West Kootenay Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby League.Salmo’s Babes of Brutality booked its ticket to the September 11th title game by stopping the Dam City Rollers of Castlegar 180-106 in semi final action Friday at the...

At Millennium Park in Castlegar, shootout was the name of the game as the tie-breaker was needed to decide most of the medals during the sport of soccer at the 2011 West Kootenay B.C. Senior Games.
Unfortunately, for the host Zone 6 West Kootenay/Boundary medals were not in the cards as Vancouver Island South edged the hosts...

The Kootenay Robusters won the silver medal for Zone 6 West Kootenay/Boundary at the 2011 West Kootenay B.C. Seniors Games Dragon Boat Races Friday at Lakeside Park in Nelson.Dragon Boat racing was just one of the events staged in the Heritage City.FLC Fortified Women of Fraser Valley edged the Robusters for the top prize.Kootenay...

The venues have been chosen, the athletes have checked in and now the 2011 version of the B.C. Seniors Games is well underway with more than 3000 competitors kicking, throwing, hitting, discarding and acting their way to what is hoped to be a successful competition.However, before the torch is extinguished in Castlegar Saturday...

Ready, set, go . . ..The Nelson Neptunes has a contingent of eight attending this weekend's 2011 B.C. Summer Swim Association Championships in Richmond.The squad qualified for the provincial meet following some stellar performances at the Kootenay Regional held recently in Castlegar.Staff and management at Mallard’s Source ...

Nelson Leaf grad, Nelson Minor Hockey product and Michigan Tech prodigy, Geoff Kinrade has decided to ply his hockey trade across the big pond in the Czech Republic, signing a one-year deal with HC Plzen 1929.
The decision came a few weeks after the six-foot, 207-pound blueliner helped the Binghamton Senators win the 2011...

Sam Matthew heads the list of Nelson Neptunes off to the Lower Mainland to compete in the B.C. Summer Swim Association Championships this week in Richmond.The championships began Monday with water polo.Wednesday and Thursday are reserved for synchronized swimming before the speed swimmers take over the Watermainia facility ...

The 2011 West Kootenay B.C.  Senior Games are up and running . . . well in Castlegar and Trail.Nelsonites wanting to see the athletes in action must wait an extra day as most of the events slated for the Heritage City begin Thursday, with the exception of 60- and 65-plus hockey.Those events drop the puck Wednesday at the NDCC...

Former Vancouver Canuck forward Rick Rypien, 27, was found dead Monday in his Southern Alberta home town.Alberta RCMP confirm police attended a home in Coleman Monday afternoon where  a man was found deceased.Rypien's death is not considered suspicious and has been deemed a sudden death.The 5’9”, 190-pound winger had recently...

The Kootenay Ice Major Midget squad was back on the ice this weekend at the NDCC Arena gearing up for the upcoming season.The Ice, part of the 11-team B.C. Major Midget Hockey League, is coached by Mario DiBella and assistant Sean Dooley.The staff put the team through practice Saturday before the players was split up for the...