The Grand Forks Wolves took another bite out of the L.V. Rogers Bombers on Seniors Night Tuesday at the Hangar. Grand Forks teams swept both Senior and Junior High School Boys’ Basketball games as the hoop season winds down. The Wolves stopped the Bombers 67-49 in West Kootenay Senior Boys’ Basketball League action while Grand...

Nathan Small of Nelson recently earned another spot at a provincial qualifying tournament. Small, competing on a rink based in Kelowna, successfully earned a spot at the BC Provincial Mixed Curing finals in Abbotsford at the beginning of April. The Sebastien Robillard rink from Maple Ridge earned a spot at the upcoming...

The Mount Sentinel Wildcats dropped a very close 82-72 decision to Grand Forks Wolves in the semi final round of the Kootenay High School Single A Boys' Basketball Championships Saturday in Salmo. The loss eliminated the Wildcats from the tournament. Fernie Falcons knocked off the Wolves 121-81 in the final to capture the...

The Beaver Valley Nitehawks waited until the final game of the regular season to Get Off the Schneid against Murdoch Division rival Nelson Leafs. The Hawks scored three third-period goals to double up on the Leafs 4-2 in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action Saturday night at the NDCC Arena. The win not only...

Bryden Pow scored twice and Shawn Campbell netted the winner in overtime sparking the Nelson Leafs to a 4-3 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League victory over the Beaver Valley Nitehawks Thursday night in Fruitvale. The victory, the fifth consecutive for Nelson over the Nitehawks, allowed the Leafs to remain in contention...

This past weekend — Saturday and Sunday, February 15-16 — Nelson Nordic Ski Club was pleased to host the final Teck Kootenay Cup races of the 2020 season. More than 115 Nordic skiers participated, including racers from Fernie, Valhalla Hills (Hills), Revelstoke, Strathcona Nordic, Nickel Plate (Penticton), Larch...

There was no shortage of provincial caliber results for the Nelson Boxing Club at the 2020 Boxing BC Provincial Championships this past weekend in Richmond. Nelson competitors won five medals as well as numerous other special awards, including Coach of the Year for Heritage City skipper Jesse Pineiro. “I’m just very proud of...

Whitewater Ski Club is sending five athletes to the upcoming BC Winter Games in Dawson Creek, February 20-23. The five skiers earned spots following a Provincial Zone race held at Red Mountain Ski Hill in Rossland. The Whitewater contingent, part of a 17-skier team from the Kootenay Zone, includes Madison Clark, Rylie Clark,...

The American Hockey League announced in a media release Monday that Springfield Thunderbirds forward Dryden Hunt has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending February 16, 2020. Hunt, a graduate of Nelson Minor Hockey, recorded five points during Springfield's two-game weekend visit to Charlotte,...

The L.V. Rogers Bombers has a strong showing at the Desert Classic High School Boys’ Basketball Tournament Saturday in Osoyoos. The Bombers lost 76-48 to fourth-ranked Single-A Barriere Cougars in the tournament final. LVR pushed the Single-A power until the second half, trailing by three at intermission, before the Cougars...