No medal, but great season for Mount Sentinel Wildcats
The Mount Sentinel Wildcats came ever so close to winning a medal at the BC. High School A Girls Volleyball Championships Saturday at Castlegar’s Selkirk College Gymnasium. The Cats dropped a heartbreaking three-set match 17-25, 25-18, 15-8, to Unity Christian of Chilliwack to finish fourth overall at the 16-team...
Wilson, Comishin power Leafs past Rebels
Reid Wilson and Kaleb Comishin each scored twice to spark the Nelson Leafs to a 5-2 victory over the Castlegar Rebels in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action Saturday night in the Sunflower City. The win snapped a three-game losing skid for the Leafs and kept the Green and White on top of the Murdoch Division ...
Leafs look to hit reset button Saturday in Castlegar
There’s no time like the present for the Nelson Leafs to hit the reset button and return to their winning ways when the club travels to Castlegar Saturday to meet the Rebels in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action. The Leafs are coming off a three-game swing through the Eddie Mountain Division that saw the Green...
Mallard's Team of the Week — Nelson Leafs Peewee Rep
The Nelson Leafs swept through the competition en route to capturing the Revelstoke Peewee Rep Minor Hockey Tournament Sunday at the Revelstoke Forum. The Leafs, paced by Jack Boyes and Game MVP Larson Proctor, bounced Golden 5-1 in the final to claim the weekend’s top prize. Nelson netminder Grady Groenhyysen registered the...
Thunder claim Creston Volleyball Tournament Title
Trafalgar Thunder followed up a West Kootenay Championship with a win at the Creston Invitational Boys Volleyball Tournament Saturday in the East Kootenay City. The Thunder defeated host Prince Charles of Creston 2-0 in the best-of-three title. Trafalgar swept through the round robin draw posting wins against Crawford Bay and...
Leafs hit Eddie Mountain Speed Bump
It’s a long season, as the Nelson Leafs are realizing. The Green and White hit another speed bump along the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League road this past weekend after the Heritage City franchise was swept by Eddie Mountain teams. The latest setback came Saturday night in Golden when the Rockets rallied from a ...
Wildcats narrowly miss out on medal at BC Volleyball Championships
The Mount Sentinel Wildcats came within a few sets of capturing a medal at the BC High School A Boys' Volleyball Championships Saturday at the Selkirk College Gymnasium in Castlegar. The Wildcats dropped a four-set decision to Credo Christian of Langley 25-21, 30-28, 19-25, 25-16 to finish fourth overall at the 16...
Ghostriders outlast Nelson Leafs 6-4
Johnny Elias scored with less than three minutes in the game to power the Fernie Ghorstriders to a 6-4 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League victory over the Nelson Leafs Thursday night in the East Kootenay City. The win was the second in three meetings for the Ghostriders against the Murdoch Division leaders. Both...
Trafalgar sweeps West Kootenay Volleyball Titles
Trafalgar Thunder used home court advantage to capture the West Kootenay Grade 8 Volleyball Championships Monday at the Uphill School Gymnasium. Trafalgar captured both the girl’s and boy’s titles with wins over their school rivals. Thunder A squad edged Trafalgar B 11-15, 15-4, 15-13. Trafalgar A edged Wildflower...
Hockey Canada makes name changes to minor age groups
Hockey Canada recently announced that during its Winter Congress this weekend in Montreal, the Hockey Canada membership approved a regulation change proposed by the board of directors to revise the naming of the age divisions used in minor hockey across Canada. Following the recommendations of a task team, the age divisions...
