Hawks dump Leafs 4-1 in penalty-filled contest
By The Nelson Daily SportsBeaver Valley avenged its only loss of the season to the Nelson Leafs Saturday night, building a 3-0 lead en route to a 4-1 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League victory at the Hawks Nest in Fruitvale.Nelson Minor Hockey grad Ryon Sookro had three points to lead the Hawks in a game that broke...
Leafs hoping for festive weekend
By The Nelson Daily SportsThe best way for the Nelson Leafs to get into the festive season is to play out the unofficial first half of the season with three wins.The three-game set begins Friday night in the Bavarian City when Nelson faces the Kimberley Dynamiters in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action.Nelson...
Road weary Wildcats return with a single point
By The Nelson Daily SportsPlaying away from home was not kind to the Kootenay Wildcats.Kootenay managed only a single point during a three-game Female Midget AAA League tournament at this past weekend at Pitt Meadows.After falling to Prince George Cougars 6-3 and Fraser Valley Phantom 5-2 the Wildcats managed to secure the ...
Mallard's Team of the Week — Nakusp Senior Boy's Soccer Team
The Nakusp Boy’s Soccer team managed a sixth-place finish at the B.C. High School A Championships hosted last month in Rossland. Nakusp lost its final contest to Pemberton in the 16-team tournament. Staff and management at Mallard’s Source for Sports would like to congratulate the boys on the top ten finish with Team of the...
The secret is out on Nelson's Mitch Popadynetz
By Bruce Fuhr,The Nelson Daily SportsThose in the know about the local soccer scene knew at a young age Nelson’s Mitch Popadynetz had the potential of turning into something special.The ball skills of this Nelson Youth Soccer product were ahead of the rest of the pack, the way he fed his teammates and the way he, well, just...
Fuhr rocks Royals for 24 in 70-59 Bomber victory
By The Nelson Daily SportsSarah Fuhr started the season off with a bang scoring 24 points to lead the L.V. Rogers Bombers to a 70-59 victory over the Rossland Royals in West Kootenay High School Girl’s Basketball action Tuesday night in the Golden City. It was the first game of the 2010-11 season for both teams.After jumping...
Bombers flying high to open High School hoop season
By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily SportsA nine-point run before halftime was the straw that broke the camels back for the L.V. Rogers Bombers.Norkam of Kamloops blew open a close 35-30 game en route to a 60-43 victory over the Bombers in the final of the Westsyde Wundas High School Boy’s Basketball Tournament Saturday in Kamloops.“A...
Winters survives marathon weekend to earn trip to B.C. Scotties
By The Nelson Daily SportsJill Winters of Nelson survived a marathon weekend to earn one of the two spots in the upcoming 2011 Scotties B.C. Women’s Curling Championships in Cloverdale.Winters outlasted the Karla Thompson rink of Kamloops 7-6 in the B-C event final of the Interior Women’s Curling Championships Sunday at the...
Targa race organizers look north away from Nelson
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Nelson’s loss is Nakusp's gain. At least that is how the mayor of the town 150 kilometres north of Nelson sees it. Karen Hamling and her council have welcomed the organizers of the Targa Canada West Inc. auto race circuit to their community, while the same group was dismissed by some City...
Two avalanches triggered in West Kootenay
The Nelson Daily staffAlthough there have been no reports of human-triggered avalanches in the West Kootenay region, explosive control at 2,000 metres produced two avalanches on steep southwest to southeast slopes. The Canadian Avalanche Centre said the backcountry avalanche conditions in the West Kootenay region are fair...
