After the L.V. Rogers Bombers capture a pair of BC High School AA Soccer Championships in the late 1990’s, it took a few years for the Heritage City school to return to the top of the podium. In 2016, the Bombers again shocked the province by capturing the BC High School AA Girl's Soccer Championship in Campbell River. The ...

Nelson’s Glacier Gymnastics hosted the 2021 Virtual Kootenay Zone Championships, which due the COVID-19 restrictions, took more than a month to complete. More than 100 gymnasts from Trail, Castlegar, Cranbrook and Kimberley participated in the event vying for individual all-around and event titles. The Glacier Team won...

by Emanuel Sequeira, KIJHL Director of Communications A Nelson Minor Hockey grad is one of 1313 student-athletes selected by the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League to receive league bursaries, including three from the Doug Birks Division. Brendan Vulcano of the Revelstoke Grizzlies joins a dozen other players and one...

by Emanuel Sequeira, KIJHL Director of Communications The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League has selected 13 student-athletes and one game official who competed during the 2020-21 season to receive league bursaries, including three from the Neil Murdoch Division. Each bursary is valued at $1,000 and will be applied...

The Nelson Disc Golf Society, gearing up to begin play this summer on a permanent 18-hole disc golf course on 22 acres of land off Blewett Road midway between Nelson and Castlegar, has started a GoFundMe campaign to assist with the development. The Nelson Disc Golf Society, working with Teck Metals and BC Hydro for the use ...

During the late 90s, girls’ soccer in Nelson captured the spotlight with the L.V. Rogers Bombers dominating the provincial high school girl's roundball scene, winning a pair of BC AA Championships. The Bombers captured back-to-back — 1997 & 1998 — BC High School AA Girls’ Soccer titles to put the Heritage City on the...

The weather has been awesome, and the fishing has been awesomer!  Haha, a little humour never hurt anyone. With this great, spring weather, we have been spending plenty of time on the water. So, here’s your latest fishing report: Kootenay Lake The creeks are flowing and the water levels are rising.  This is the beginning of...

Mallard’s Source for sports is happy to showcase the amazing donation to assist with Nelson’s Friends of the Family Foundation. Nelson Home Building Center recently made a $3,000 to the local charity that assists local families during a time of crisis. Started in 2000, The Nelson and Area Friends of the Family Foundation as...

While most golfers in the West Kootenay are still rubbing the rust off the game from the long offseason, Larry Marinas of Nelson is already in mid-season form. Marinas recorded the first hole-in-one of the season at Granite Pointe Golf Course in Nelson on Thursday, April 29th after scoring the feat on the 15th hole with a...

By Emanuel Sequeira, KIJHL Director of Communications A desire to be near the sports hub of Boston factored into Nelson Leaf Matt Byrne signing to play with the Anna Maria College Athletic Team Sports (AMCATS) in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III. “Ever since I first talked to the coaches, they were ...