Snowpack doubles at tree-line with new snowfall
The tree-line snowpack has doubled in the Kootenay Pass area over the last two days as 45 centimetres of new snow has fallen, according to the Canadian Avalanche Centre on Sunday. Throughout the region, treeline snowpack depths are generally 60 to 100 cm., depending on wind-loading. A buried crust approximately 15 to 20 cm....
It's a Rider/Als rematch Sunday in Edmonton
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have made it back to the Grey Cup next Sunday in Edmonton.However, the Roughriders know they'll be constantly reminded of the 2009 heartbreak over the next few days, but they're happy to be in a position to talk about it.The Roughriders upset the Calgary Stampeders 20-16 in a frigid West final...
Leaf win fourth straight by doubling Rockies 6-3
By Bruce Fuhr,The Nelson Daily SportsThe Nelson Leafs returned to their old slow-starting ways.Only this time it didn’t cost them any points in the standings.Nine different players hit the score sheet as Nelson doubled the Columbia Valley Rockies 6-3 in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action Sunday afternoon at ...
McLaughlin keeps his options open for now
By Bruce Fuhr,The Nelson Daily SportsLeaf coach Chris Shaw gave star goal scorer Connor McLaughlin the day off Sunday when Nelson hosted Columbia Valley in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action at the NDCC Arena.Good thing too because of late the Arizona native has logged more miles than Greyhound and needed the...
Kootenay coach selected to All Star Game staff
The Nelson Daily SportsKootenay Wildcats skipper Mario DiBella has been selected to one of the two assistant coaching positions for the upcoming Female Midget AAA All Star Game at the Coquitlam Sports Centre.DiBella, who has coached at the Nelson Minor Hockey and Provincial levels as well as the Kootenay International Junior...
Leafs use quick start to edge Grand Forks 3-2
By The Nelson Daily SportsIf this keeps up fans will not want to be late for the start of games featuring the Nelson Leafs.For the second straight game the boys in the Green and White blasted out of the starting games, this time scoring three times in the opening frame to edge the Grand Forks Border Bruins 3-2 in Kootenay...
Mallard's Team of the Week: West Kootenay Cross Country
It was a very strong contingent of runners from the Kootenay Zone, paced by LVR’s Shawn DeGroot, at the recent B.C. High School Cross Country Championships in Victoria.The contingent excelled with DeGroot leading the way with a 24th place finish. Staff and management at Mallard’s Source For Sports would like to salute the...
Cats face uphill battle to repeat at zone champs
By Bruce Fuhr,The Nelson Daily SportsIn past years the Kootenay High School A Girl’s Volleyball Zone Championships was simply a small speed bump en route to the provincial tournament for the Mount Sentinel Wildcats.However this year is very different, as the defending zone champs must overcome a very huge hurdle to make another...
Shaw continues to shuffle deck chairs
By Bruce Fuhr,The Nelson Daily SportsChris Shaw continues to shuffle the deck chairs on the Good Ship Leaf.The rookie coach and GM traded local Nelson Minor Hockey League product Adrian Moyls to the Kimberley Dynamiters in a Kootenay International Junior Hockey League trade between two Kootenay Conference teams.Also rumoured...
Bruins cool down Ice in pair of Major Midget games
By The Nelson Daily SportsThe Kootenay Ice wasted an opportunity to move up the B.C. Hockey Major Midget League standings.The eighth-place Fraser Valley Bruins skated into the Cominco Arena and stole three of four points from the Ice in Major Midget League action during the weekend.Sunday, Brady Lawlor scored in the third...
