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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

By The Nelson Daily SportsIt’s going to be a rematch of the 2009 Final.Castlegar Vikings and surging Dam Inn Mates booked tickets to the 2010 West Kootenay Men’s Flag Football League final with semi final wins Sunday at the Mount Sentinel Field.Game time for the final is Sunday at 1p.m.The Vikes, three-time defending champs,...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The harmonized sales tax has hurt tourism across the province, but the city’s largest tourism operator has passed under the governmental blight relatively unscathed, says the hill’s general manager. Brian Cusack said Whitewater Ski Resort managed to minimize and nullify the larcenous effect...

The Nelson Daily SportsSelkirk College forward Travis Herlein continues to be a force on the Saints, and for his scoring attributes, has now been recognized by the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League as Player of the Week.The former Golden Rocket sniper led the Saints offensive four goals during a recent road trip through the...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyFor those looking to get first tracks (legally) at Whitewater, mark this date on your calendar: Dec. 4.The first weekend in December is expected to usher in a new season in paradise as Whitewater Ski Resort will deliver over 600 acres of new skiing, three new top-to-bottom intermediate runs,...