FX Garneau knocks Wayling, Heat off medal podium
By The Nelson Daily SportsBeing the top seed or early favourite guarantees nothing in sport.Mount Sentinel grad Kendra Wayling and her UBC Okanagan Heat teammates found out the hard way as the B.C. Champs finished out of the medals at the Canadian College Athletic Association Women’s Volleyball Championships in the G. Forbes...
Cats' Strand earns honourable mention in monthly player award
By The Nelson Daily SportsKiana Strand of the Kootenay Wildcats earned honourable mention status for the month of February as the B.C. Hockey Female AAA League announced its player of the month award.Strand, of Invermere, lost out to Megan Spooner of the Prince George Cougars in balloting.The Cougar netminder, Spooner, scored...
Bombers settle for bronze at West Kootenay Championships
By The Nelson Daily SportsThe L.V. Rogers Junior Bombers bounced back after being knocked out of the championships round to claim the consolation title at the West Kootenay Junior Boy’s Basketball Tournament Saturday at the Hangar.The Bombers dumped Rossland Royals 56-31 in the consolation final with Tobin Eberle and Ethan ...
Heat, Wayling off to CCAA semi final
By The Nelson Daily SportsTop ranked UBC Okanagan Heat of Kelowna face a familiar opponent when Vancouver Island Mariners meet the B.C. Champs in semi final action Friday at the Canadian College Athletic Association Women’s Volleyball Championships in the G. Forbes Elliot Athletics Centre of the UNB Saint John Campus.The Heat,...
Mallard's Team of the Week — Nelson Bantam House 2
Nelson 2 Bantam House squad played well but lost all three games at the West Kootenay Championship Tournament this past weekend in the Heritage City. However, there’s more to Mallard’s Team of the Week selections than wins and losses. Integrity and sportsmanship matters a lot when selections are made, and Nelson 2 had it all...
Sentinel grad, Kendra Wayling, joins Heat at Nationals
By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily SportsKendra Wayling once again is bound for a major tournament.The Mount Sentinel Wildcats grad is in St. John’s, New Brunswick to compete in the Canada College Athletic Association Women’s Volleyball Championships.The top-ranked Heat bent but didn't break against the longtime rival Vancouver ...
Skaters gear up for Pacific StarSkate
Nelson Figure Skating club skaters are busy refining the routines to compete in the upcoming Pacific StarSkate Championships in Cranbrook.The Heritage City club is sending a handful of skaters to the Cranbrook, including nine-year-old Sophie Borhi.Borhi recently had a chance to skate her routine in front of a large crowd at...
Riders rebound to square Kootenay Final with 5-2 win
The Nelson Daily SportsThe Fernie Ghostriders struck for three first period goals en route to a 5-2 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League victory over the Castlegar Rebels in Kootenay Conference playoff action Tuesday in the East Kootenay City.The win evens the best-of-seven final at 1-1. Castlegar won the opening game...
Anderson tricks Riders as Rebels open Confernce final with a bang
By The Nelson Daily SportsIt’s didn’t take the Castlegar Rebels long to shake of any rust built up from a four-day layoff.Taylor Anderson scored three times and sniper Ryan Aynsley added three points as the Rebels crushed the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League’s Eddie Mountain champs from Fernie 8-4 in game one of ...
Bonacci, McLean key a pair of Kootenay comebacks
By The Nelson Daily SportsThe teams played 120 minutes and settled nothing.Kootenay Wildcats and Fraser Valley Phantom played to a pair of ties during B.C. Female AAA Midget Hockey League play this past weekend in Nelson.Sunday, Christina Bonacci of Trail scored with four minutes remaining in the game to pull the Cats to a ...
